Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 9953
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Wiethaus , Ulrike.
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  • Title: The Death Song of Marie d'Oignies: Mystical Sound and Hagiographical Politics in Medieval Lorraine [The author analyzes three biographical texts, written by Jacques de Vitry, Thomas de Cantimpré, and the anonymous author of the "History of the Church of Oignies." Weithaus places particular emphasis on the ideologies, both political and theological, that each author emphasizes in his account of Marie's life. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: The Texture of Society: Medieval Women in the Southern Low Countries.  Edited by Ellen E. Kittell and Mary A. Suydam.  Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.  Pages 153 - 179.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Beguines Death Hagiography Jacques de Vitry, Cardinal Marie d'Oignies, Mystic Music Mystics Theology Thomas of Cantimpré, Scientist Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: France;Low Countries
  • Century: 12-13
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  • Author's Affiliation: Wake Forest University
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  • Year of Publication: 2004.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0312293321