The Life of Saint Douceline, a Beguine of Provence - Translated from the Occitan with Introduction, Notes and Interpretive Essay

The Life of Douceline de Digne introduces to an English-speaking audience a 13th-century woman mystic [d.1274] of great significance in the study of female spirituality in the middle ages. Douceline combined an active life of community service [as Mother of the beguine community the Ladies of Roubaud] with vigorous mysticism, and was the focus of an intense cult in Provence after her death. The Life, probably written by Philippa de Porcellet, a member of Douceline's community in Marseilles, is complemented by a study of Douceline's importance in terms of her own spiritual experience, and also as founder and leader of the community, dedicated followers of Franciscan spirituality; she is also compared to other holy women of the later middle ages, especially the beguines of northern Europe.

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Kathleen Garay, Madeleine Jeay

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• Autori: Kathleen Garay, Madeleine Jeay
• Editore: D.S.Brewer
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 17.12.2008
• EAN: 9781843841944
• ISBN: 978-1-84384-194-4
• Pagine: 194
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 216 mm x 11 mm
• Peso: 252 g
• Serie: Library of Medieval Women
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Medioevo