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The book of Margery Kempe : an abridged translation
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ISBN: 0859917916 Year: 2003 Volume: *9 Publisher: Suffolk ; Rochester D.S. Brewer

Authority and the female body in the writings of Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe
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ISBN: 1843840081 9786611949761 1281949760 1846152615 9781846152610 9781843840084 Year: 2004 Volume: 5 Publisher: Woodbridge Rochester D.S. Brewer

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The writings of Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe show an awareness of traditional and contemporary attitudes towards women, in particular medieval attitudes towards the female body. This study examines the extent to which they make use of such attitudes in their writing, and investigates the importance of the female body as a means of explaining their mystical experiences and the insight gained from them; in both writers, the female body is central to their writing, leading to a feminised language through which they achieve authority and create a space in which they can be heard, particularly in the context of their religious and mystical experiences. The three archetypal representations of woman in the middle ages, as mother, as whore and as 'wise woman', are all clearly present in the writings of Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe; in examining the ways in which both writers make use of these female categories, McAvoy establishes the extent of their success in resolving the tension between society's expectations of them and their own lived experiences as women and writers. LIZ HERBERT MCAVOY is Lecturer in Medieval Language and Literature, University of Leicester.

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Julian of Norwich --- Kempe, Margery --- Authority in literature. --- Christian literature, English (Middle) --- English literature --- Human body in literature. --- Mysticism in literature. --- Mysticism --- Women and literature --- Women in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Women authors --- History --- 248.2-055.2 --- 248.2 <420> "04/14" --- Mystieke theologie. Mystiek. Mysticisme--055.2--Vrouwen --- Mystieke theologie. Mystiek. Mysticisme--Engeland--Middeleeuwen --- 248.2 <420> "04/14" Mystieke theologie. Mystiek. Mysticisme--Engeland--Middeleeuwen --- Authority in literature --- Human body in literature --- Mysticism in literature --- Women in literature --- Woman (Christian theology) in literature --- Women in drama --- Women in poetry --- Body, Human, in literature --- Human figure in literature --- British literature --- Inklings (Group of writers) --- Nonsense Club (Group of writers) --- Order of the Fancy (Group of writers) --- History and criticism --- Women authors&delete& --- Julian, --- Kempe, Margery, --- I︠U︡liana, --- Juliana, --- Knowledge --- Human anatomy. --- JULIAN DE NORWICH, 1343-? --- KEMPE (MARGERY), 1373-CA 1436 --- LITTERATURE ANGLAISE --- MYSTICISME DANS LA LITTERATURE --- LITTERATURE CHRETIENNE ANGLAISE --- MYSTICISME --- FEMMES ET LITTERATURE --- CORPS HUMAIN DANS LA LITTERATURE --- AUTORITE DANS LA LITTERATURE --- FEMMES DANS LA LITTERATURE --- CONNAISSANCE --- ANATOMIE HUMAINE --- 1100-1500 (MOYEN-ANGLAIS) --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE --- FEMMES ECRIVAINS --- ANGLETERRE --- HISTOIRE --- MOYEN AGE, 600-1500 --- GRANDE-BRETAGNE --- JUSQUE 1500 --- Mysticism.


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Three women of Liège : a critical edition of and commentary on the Middle English lives of Elizabeth of Spalbeek, Christina Mirabilis, and Marie d’Oignies
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ISBN: 9782503524719 2503524710 Year: 2008 Volume: 23 Publisher: Turnhout: Brepols,

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Elizabeth of Spalbeck, Christina Mirabilis and Marie d'Oignies were three of the famous late 12th-/early 13th-century holy women from the region of Brabant and Liège: their life stories were read throughout later medieval Europe. This is the first critical edition of these Lives.

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Mary of Oignies --- Christina the Astonishing --- Elizabeth of Spalbeek --- Mysticism --- Christian women saints --- Christian literature, English (Middle) --- Mysticisme --- Saintes chrétiennes --- Littérature chrétienne anglaise (moyen anglais) --- History --- Biography --- Sources. --- Biography. --- History and criticism. --- Histoire --- Biographie --- Sources --- Histoire et critique --- Elizabeth, --- Christina, --- Mary, --- Christian women --- History and criticism --- 908 --- 235.3 <493> --- 248.2 <492> --- 248.2-055.2 --- 908 Heemkunde. Area studies --- Heemkunde. Area studies --- Hagiografie--België --- Mystieke theologie. Mystiek. Mysticisme--België --- Mystieke theologie. Mystiek. Mysticisme--055.2--Vrouwen --- Saintes chrétiennes --- Littérature chrétienne anglaise (moyen anglais) --- Christian saints, Women --- Women Christian saints --- Christian saints --- Women saints --- Dark night of the soul --- Mystical theology --- Theology, Mystical --- Spiritual life --- Negative theology --- Women, Christian --- Women --- Biography&delete& --- Maria, --- Marie, --- Oignies, Mary of, --- Élisabeth, --- Spalbeek, Elizabeth of, --- Christina Mirabilis --- England --- Middle Ages, 600-1500 --- Belgium --- Christian literature [English ] (Middle) --- Middle Ages, 500-1500 --- Mysticism - Belgium - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500 --- Mysticism - England - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500 --- Christian women - Belgium - Biography - Sources --- Christian women - Belgium - Biography --- Christian women saints - Belgium - Biography - Sources --- Christian women saints - Belgium - Biography --- Christian literature, English (Middle) - History and criticism --- Christina Mirabilis v. --- Maria Oigniacensis (al. Nivialensis) --- Elisabeth monialis in Erkenrode --- Elizabeth, - of Spalbeek, - ca. 1246-1304 --- Christina, - Mirabilis, Saint, - 1150-1224 --- Mary, - of Oignies, - 1177-1213 --- Maria van Oignies --- Maria Oigniacensi --- Maria von Oignies --- Marie d'Oignies --- Oignies, Mary of --- Mystique --- Littérature religieuse anglaise --- Angleterre --- Belgique --- 1100-1500 (moyen anglais) --- Moyen âge

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