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The influence of conflicting medieval church and social discourses on individual consciousness : dissociation in the visions of Hadewijch of Brabant

October 10, 2014 By Medievalists.net

Beguine - Des dodes dantz, printed in Lübeck in 1489.

This article examines the influence of the conflicting dis- courses in the medieval church and its social context on the subconscious experiences of Hadewijch of Brabant, a 13th century Flemish visionary, mystical author, vernacular theologian and Beguine leader

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Beguines, Brabant, Flemish, Hadewijch of Brabant (Antwerp), High Middle Ages, Latin, Marguerite Porete, Mechthild of Magdeburg, Medieval Women, Mysticism, Nuns, Poetry, Psychology, Religious Life, Theology, Thirteenth century

Blood and body : women’s religious practices in late medieval Europe

September 10, 2011 By Medievalists.net

Blood and body : women’s religious practices in late medieval Europe Tudesko, Jenny L. Thesis: M.A., History, California State University, Sacramento (2009) Abstract Religious women in thirteenth and fourteenth-century Western Europe developed forms of pious practice that were unique in their extreme devotions to the blood and body of Christ and unique in their use […]