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Record Number: 2528 Author(s)/Creator(s): Hale , Rosemary Drage. Contributor(s): Title: Rocking the Cradle: Margaretha Ebner (Be)Holds the Divine [The author explores fourteenth century Dominican convent literature in which the nuns assumed the role of Mary and engaged in a tactile relationship with a figure or image of Christ]. Source: Performance and Transformation: New Approaches to Late Medieval Spirituality.  Edited by Mary A. Suydam and Joanna E. Ziegler.  St. Martin's Press, 1999.  Pages 211 - 239. Description: Article Type: Essay Subject (See Also): Ebner, Margaretha, Dominican Nun and Mystic Jesus Christ- Infancy Mary, Virgin, Saint Monasticism Mother, Image of Mystics Nuns Performance Theory Women in Religion Award Note: Geographic Area: Germany Century: 14 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Table: Abstract: Related Resources: Picking up on this theme of mystical re-enactment, Rosemary Drage Hale analyzes the Revelationsof the Dominican nun Margaretha Ebner. Hale highlights the highly performative spirituality found in fourteenth-century German Dominican nunneries. Nuns like Ma Author's Affiliation: Concordia University Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 1999. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: Not Available

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