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Proving Woman: Female Spirituality and Inquisitional Culture in the Later Middle Ages
Dyan Elliott
Proving Woman: Female Spirituality and Inquisitional Culture in the Later Middle Ages
Dyan Elliott
Around the year 1215, female mystics and their sacramental devotion were among orthodoxy's sophisticated weapons in the fight against heresy. While studies of sanctity and heresy tend to be undertaken separately, this book brings these two avenues of inquiry together.
368 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | April 18, 2004 |
ISBN13 | 9780691118604 |
Publishers | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 368 |
Dimensions | 234 × 157 × 22 mm · 588 g |
Language | English |