Strange Case of Ermine De Reims - A Medieval Woman Between Demons and Saints

Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski is Distinguished Professor of French at the University of Pittsburgh and a Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America. She is the author of several books, including Poets, Saints, and Visionaries of the Great Schism (1378-1417).

List of contents

Prologue

Chapter 1. Ermine and Her World

Chapter 2. Ermine and Her Confessor, Jean le Graveur

Chapter 3. Ermine's Piety and Devotional Practices

Chapter 4. Ermine and Her Demons

Chapter 5. Ermine and the Discernment of Spirits

Epilogue

Appendix. The Visions of Ermine de Reims

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Acknowledgments

About the author

Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski is Distinguished Professor of French at the University of Pittsburgh and a Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America. She is the author of several books, including Poets, Saints, and Visionaries of the Great Schism (1378-1417).

Summary

In 1395, a poor and illiterate French woman began to experience nightly visions of devils and angels. Was she a saint, a witch, an impostor, or a madwoman? Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski looks for answers in the historical and theological context of this troubled woman's life and times.

Product details

• Authors: Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski
• Assisted by: Ruth Mazo Karras (Editor)
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9780812224009
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-2400-9
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Series: The Middle Ages Series; Middle Ages; The Middle Ages Series
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages