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Record Number:
6841
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Cré , Marleen.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Women in the Charterhouse? Julian of Norwich's "Revelations of Divine Love" and Marguerite Porete's "Mirror of Simple Souls" in British Library, MS Additional 37790 [the author considers the presence of texts by Julian of Norwich and Marguerite Porete in an anthology of contemplative writings probably compiled by a Carthusian; the compiler had no interest in feminine spirituality but perhaps was attracted to their intense experiences of God].
Source:
Writing Religious Women: Female Spiritual and Textual Practices in Late Medieval England. Edited by Denis Renevey and Christiania Whitehead. University of Toronto Press, 2000. Pages 43 - 62.
Description:
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Carthusian Order
Contemplation
Julian of Norwich, Mystic
Manuscripts
Marguerite Porete, Mystic
Mystics
Women in Religion
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
British Isles;France
Century:
14- 15
Primary Evidence:
Manuscript; London, British Library, MS Additional 37790 (Amherst). It dates to the mid-fifteenth century and contains a selection of texts about contemplation. It was written by a single compiler.
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Marleen Cre argues that British Library, MS Additional 37790 (Amherst), a collection of texts and excerpts of texts about contemplation, may well have been "produced within a Charterhouse, or commissioned by the Carthusians" (46); however, she acknowledge
Author's Affiliation:
University of Antwerp
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
2000.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0802035175