Feminine Sanctity and Spirituality in Medieval Wales

Klappentext This illuminating volume sheds light on the religious women of medieval Wales, drawing on a wide range of sources from saints’ lives and native poetry to holy wells and visual imagery. Feminine Sanctity and Spirituality in Medieval Wales explores the meanings, manifestations, and related iconography of feminine sanctity in a specifically Welsh context, including Welsh sources on the Virgin Mary, valuable insights into the history of Welsh nunneries, and commentary on some of the lesser-known Welsh women saints such as Dwynwen and Tudful. Of interest to anyone working in the field of medieval Christendom and women’s studies, this volume draws powerful connections between Welsh source material and discoveries throughout England and Continental Europe.  Zusammenfassung Sheds light on the religious women of medieval Wales. Drawing on a wide range of sources from saints' lives and native poetry to holy wells and visual evidence! the volume explores feminine sanctity! its meanings! manifestations and related iconography in a specifically Welsh context.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Cartwright Jane, Jane Cartwright
• Editore: University of Wales Press
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 20.06.2008
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Cristianesimo
• EAN: 9780708319994
• ISBN: 978-0-7083-1999-4
• Numero di pagine: 250
• Serie: Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages
• Categorie: Wales, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Spirituality, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, Christianity, medieval, History of Religion, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Gender studies: women, Church history, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Gender studies: women and girls, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, feminine, Sanctity