Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 4611
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  • Title: Beguine Textuality: Sacred Performances [The author argues that the Beguine texts should be read as theatrical works].
  • 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 169 - 210.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Beguines Listening Manuscripts Mystics Performance Theory Readers Visions Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: Low Countries
  • Century: 13
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  • Related Resources: In Beguine Textuality: Sacred Performances," Mary A. Suydam investigates the communal dimension of beguine spirituality. She argues that beguines "were not passive recipients of divine favor, but active participants who created sacred performances that tr
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  • Year of Publication: 1999.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: Not Available