Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 1624
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Rodgers , Susan and Joanna E. Ziegler
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  • Title: Elisabeth of Spalbeek's Trance Dance of Faith: A Performance Theory Interpretation from Anthropological and Art Historical Perspectives
  • 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 299 - 355.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Anthropology Beguines Body Dance Elisabeth van Spalbeek, Mystic Mystics Performance Theory Spalbeek, Liege, Belgium- Chapel of Our Lady Trances Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: Low Countries
  • Century: 13
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  • Related Resources: Susan Rodgers, a cultural anthropologist, and Joanna E. Ziegler, an art historian, combine forces to study the mystic Elisabeth of Spalbeek. This thirteenth-century beguine was famous in her day for acting out Christ's passion in her local church. Her oft
  • Author's Affiliation: College of the Holy Cross, College of the Holy Cross
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  • Year of Publication: 1999.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: Not Available