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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
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
Low Countries
Century:
13
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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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Conference Info:
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Year of Publication:
1999.
Language:
English
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