Medievalists.net » Mysticism http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Julian of Norwich: Mystic, Theologian and Anchoress http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/24/julian-of-norwich-mystic-theologian-and-anchoress/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/24/julian-of-norwich-mystic-theologian-and-anchoress/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2015 22:30:57 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59202 Very little is known of her actual life, not even her real name. We do know she wrote two texts in English on her visions and their meaning

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/24/julian-of-norwich-mystic-theologian-and-anchoress/feed/ 0 Feminine Love in the Twelfth Century – A Case Study: The Mulier in the Lost Love Letters and the Work of Female Mystics http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/10/feminine-love-twelfth-century-case-study-mulier-lost-love-letters-work-female-mystics/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/10/feminine-love-twelfth-century-case-study-mulier-lost-love-letters-work-female-mystics/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2014 11:49:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54037 This article compares the twelfth-century writings of the secular mulier in the Lost Love Letters with the work of religious female ‘mystics’ to draw comparisons about the way these authors chose to express love.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/10/feminine-love-twelfth-century-case-study-mulier-lost-love-letters-work-female-mystics/feed/ 0 The influence of conflicting medieval church and social discourses on individual consciousness : dissociation in the visions of Hadewijch of Brabant http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/10/influence-conflicting-medieval-church-social-discourses-individual-consciousness-dissociation-visions-hadewijch-brabant/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/10/influence-conflicting-medieval-church-social-discourses-individual-consciousness-dissociation-visions-hadewijch-brabant/#comments Fri, 10 Oct 2014 11:43:36 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53221 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

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/03/interview-conversation-sd-sykes-plague-land/feed/ 0 An outside for the inside : a psychoanalytic reading of The Book of Margery Kempe http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/03/an-outside-for-the-inside-a-psychoanalytic-reading-of-the-book-of-margery-kempe/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/03/an-outside-for-the-inside-a-psychoanalytic-reading-of-the-book-of-margery-kempe/#comments Tue, 04 Feb 2014 04:30:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47294 It is evident in Margery Kempe's visions of holy family life that Virgin and Christ dyad is an oedipal fantasy of the child who is the father of himself.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/03/an-outside-for-the-inside-a-psychoanalytic-reading-of-the-book-of-margery-kempe/feed/ 0 Medieval mystic Angela da Foligno is named a Saint http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/15/medieval-mystic-angela-da-foligno-is-named-a-saint/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/15/medieval-mystic-angela-da-foligno-is-named-a-saint/#comments Tue, 15 Oct 2013 19:03:49 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=44277 Pope Francis made the surprising announcement last week that Angela da Foligno, an Italian Franciscan and mystic, has been named a saint.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/15/medieval-mystic-angela-da-foligno-is-named-a-saint/feed/ 0 Vision and Revision: The Female Mystics as Writers in Late Medieval Northern Europe http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/04/vision-and-revision-the-female-mystics-as-writers-in-late-medieval-northern-europe/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/04/vision-and-revision-the-female-mystics-as-writers-in-late-medieval-northern-europe/#comments Fri, 04 Oct 2013 05:05:19 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=44067 When I first encountered the writings of the medieval mystics years ago, I began this study with a simple question: why has so much writing been produced about a topic considered to be ineffable, inexpressible?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/04/vision-and-revision-the-female-mystics-as-writers-in-late-medieval-northern-europe/feed/ 0 The Privileging of Visio over Vox in the Mystical Experiences of Hildegard of Bingen and Joan of Arc http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/25/the-privileging-of-visio-over-vox-in-the-mystical-experiences-of-hildegard-of-bingen-and-joan-of-arc/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/25/the-privileging-of-visio-over-vox-in-the-mystical-experiences-of-hildegard-of-bingen-and-joan-of-arc/#comments Sat, 25 May 2013 23:09:20 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=41365 Even
 though
 medieval
 women
 mystics
 have
 enjoyed
 increased
 attention
 in
 recent
 scholarly
 discussion,
 a
 topic
 that
 still
 has
 not
 been
 tackled
 is
 the
 possible
 difference
 between
 seeing
 a
 vision
 and
 hearing
 a
 voice
 during
 a
 mystical
 experience


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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/01/corpus-christi-plays-and-the-stations-of-the-cross-medieval-york-and-modern-sydney/feed/ 0 Sisters Between: Gender and the Medieval Beguines http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/17/sisters-between-gender-and-the-medieval-beguines-2/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/17/sisters-between-gender-and-the-medieval-beguines-2/#comments Sun, 17 Mar 2013 23:43:03 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39937 The origins of the Beguines can be traced to two important medieval religious reform movements: monastic mysticism and the vita apostolica, or "apostolic life."

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