Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 1867
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Lichtmann , Maria R.
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  • Title: God Fulfylled my bodye: Body, Self, and God in Julian of Norwich
  • Source: Gender and Text in the Later Middle Ages.  Edited by Jane Chance.  University Press of Florida, 1996.  Pages 263 - 278.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Body Jesus Christ as Mother Julian of Norwich, Mystic Mystics Self Theology Visions Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 14- 15
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  • Related Resources: Maria R. Lichtman demonstrates that Julian of Norwich overcame, in her mystical visions, the traditional Neoplatonic-Augustinian dualism of body and mind by using her body and bodily features for her experience of and with God: "Julian's theology of incar
  • Author's Affiliation: Berea College
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  • Year of Publication: 1996.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0813013917