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Record Number:
45516
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Kirakosian , Racha
Contributor(s):
Title:
The Life of Christina of Hane
Source:
The Life of Christina of HaneRacha Kirakosian, translator. Yale University Press, 2020. Pages 1 - 124. The book is available with a subscription from JSTOR and from Yale University Press:
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv18sqz5n
Description:
The first English translation of
The Life of Christina of Hane
, a gripping account of a largely unknown medieval female mystic. The thirteenth-century mystic, Christina of Hane, led an extraordinary life, but her recently unearthed case remains to be discovered in the English-speaking world. Her disturbing account of vaginal mutilation, her competition with the Virgin Mary, and her potentially heretical statements about the union with Christ are but a few peculiarities worth highlighting. This remarkable work sheds new light on convent life, spiritual practices, and physical and mental suffering in the life of medieval women and the communities they inhabited. [Reproduced from the book page on the JSTOR website:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv18sqz5n
]
Article Type:
Translation
Subject
(See Also)
:
Christina of Hane, Mystic
Hagiography
Monasticism
Mystics
Nuns
Premonstratensian Order
Women in Religion
Award Note:
Feminae Translation of the Month, January 2022
Geographic Area:
Germany
Century:
13- 14
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Author's Affiliation:
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Conference Info:
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Year of Publication:
2020.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
9780300250992 (print); 9780300255843 (online)