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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
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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