Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 2660
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Simons , Walter.
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  • Title: Reading a Saint's Body: Rapture and Bodily Movement in the "vitae" of Thirteenth-century Beguines [The author concentrates on Elisabeth van Spalbeek but also briefly discusses Saint Lutgard, Juliana of Mont Cornillon, Ida of Louvain, Beatrice of Nazareth, and Marie d'Oignies. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: Framing Medieval Bodies.  Edited by Sarah Kay and Miri Rubin.  Manchester University Press, 1994.  Pages 10 - 23.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Beguines Body Dance Elisabeth van Spalbeek, Mystic Hagiography Latin Literature Philippe, Abbot of Clairvaux and Author- Vita Elizabeth Sanctimonialis Rapture Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: Low Countries
  • Century: 13
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  • Author's Affiliation: Dartmouth College
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  • Year of Publication: 1994.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0719036151