The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Mysticism
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Mysticism PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Fanous |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 343 |
Release | 2011-05-12 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0521853435 |
This book is an excellent introduction to the individuals, events and currents which shaped medieval English mystical texts.
The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Mysticism
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Mysticism PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 309 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Mysticism |
ISBN | 9781139801256 |
The widespread view that 'mystical' activity in the Middle Ages was a rarefied enterprise of a privileged spiritual elite has led to isolation of the medieval 'mystics' into a separate, narrowly defined category. Taking the opposite view, this book shows how individual mystical experience, such as those recorded by Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe, is rooted in, nourished and framed by the richly distinctive spiritual contexts of the period. Arranged by sections corresponding to historical developments, it explores the primary vernacular texts, their authors, and the contexts that formed the expression and exploration of mystical experiences in medieval England. This is an excellent, insightful introduction to medieval English mystical texts, their authors, readers and communities. Featuring a guide to further reading and a chronology, the Companion offers an accessible overview for students of literature, history and theology.
The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Mysticism
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Mysticism PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Fanous |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 343 |
Release | 2011-05-12 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1139827669 |
The widespread view that 'mystical' activity in the Middle Ages was a rarefied enterprise of a privileged spiritual elite has led to isolation of the medieval 'mystics' into a separate, narrowly defined category. Taking the opposite view, this book shows how individual mystical experience, such as those recorded by Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe, is rooted in, nourished and framed by the richly distinctive spiritual contexts of the period. Arranged by sections corresponding to historical developments, it explores the primary vernacular texts, their authors, and the contexts that formed the expression and exploration of mystical experiences in medieval England. This is an excellent, insightful introduction to medieval English mystical texts, their authors, readers and communities. Featuring a guide to further reading and a chronology, the Companion offers an accessible overview for students of literature, history and theology.
The Cambridge Companion to Christian Mysticism
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Christian Mysticism PDF eBook |
Author | Amy Hollywood |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 403 |
Release | 2012-09-17 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0521863651 |
The Cambridge Companion to Christian Mysticism is a multi-authored interdisciplinary guide to the study of Christian mysticism, with an emphasis on the 3rd through the 17th centuries. Written by leading authorities and younger scholars from a range of disciplines, the volume both provides a clear introduction to the Christian mystical life and articulates a bold new approach to the study of mysticism.
English Mystics of the Middle Ages
Title | English Mystics of the Middle Ages PDF eBook |
Author | Barry A. Windeatt |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 325 |
Release | 1994-09-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0521327407 |
First collection of late medieval English mystical writing, which has been newly edited with notes and glossary.
A Short History of Medieval English Mysticism
Title | A Short History of Medieval English Mysticism PDF eBook |
Author | Vincent Gillespie |
Publisher | |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2014-11 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781780763385 |
England has one of the richest and most distinctive histories of medieval mystical experience in all Europe. Resonant echoes of that history linger at places like Walsingham and Norwich.The shrine of the Holy House, destroyed at the Reformation, became one of the leading pilgrimage centres of the Christian west. It emerged out of the visions of Richeldis de Faverches, an eleventh-century Saxon noblewoman, who believed she had been instructed by the Virgin to build in Walsingham a replica of Nazareth's famous hut of the nativity. Twenty miles away in Carrow, a village just outside Norwich's city walls, the solitary anchorite Julian later explored her own profound intimations of divinity in her sensuous Revelations of Divine Love. Both women were moved profoundly to change their lives through a direct sense of personal encounter with the transcendent. They exemplify many religious and spiritual figures in England who claim to have experienced the mystery of God through ascetic discipline and contemplative longing.Vincent Gillespie here introduces some of the greatest mystics of English history: Julian; Ailred of Rievaulx; poetic visionary Richard Rolle; the anonymous author of The Cloud of Unknowing; charismatic Margery Kempe; and Walter Hilton. He vividly places these enigmatic but always fascinating thinkers in the wider context of medieval Christian contemplation.
The Cambridge Companion to Sufism
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Sufism PDF eBook |
Author | Lloyd Ridgeon |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 331 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1107018307 |
This book traces the evolution of Sufism from the formative period to the present.