The secret within : hermits, recluses, and spiritual outsiders in medieval England /
Riehle, Wolfgang, 1937-
The secret within : hermits, recluses, and spiritual outsiders in medieval England / Wolfgang Riehle ; translated by Charity Scott-Stokes. - 1 online resource (448 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The development of eremitical mysticism in the British Isles -- Early Cistercian theology in England -- Ancrene wisse : a magnificent exemplar of early English mysticism -- "Female" versus "male" spirituality : a talking of the love of God and the meditations of the Monk of Farne -- Richard Rolle of Hampole : England's first great mystic -- Marguerite Porete's Mirror of simple souls and its reception in England -- The cloud of unknowing and related tracts -- Walter Hilton : England's mystic theologian -- The singular vision of Julian of Norwich -- Margery Kempe : the shocking "fool in Christ" -- Some aspects of popularizing mysticism in late medieval England.
9780801470936
Mysticism--History--England--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
English literature--History and criticism.--Middle English, 1100-1500
Christian literature, English (Middle)--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
BV5077.E54 / R5413 2014
248.2/209420902
The secret within : hermits, recluses, and spiritual outsiders in medieval England / Wolfgang Riehle ; translated by Charity Scott-Stokes. - 1 online resource (448 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The development of eremitical mysticism in the British Isles -- Early Cistercian theology in England -- Ancrene wisse : a magnificent exemplar of early English mysticism -- "Female" versus "male" spirituality : a talking of the love of God and the meditations of the Monk of Farne -- Richard Rolle of Hampole : England's first great mystic -- Marguerite Porete's Mirror of simple souls and its reception in England -- The cloud of unknowing and related tracts -- Walter Hilton : England's mystic theologian -- The singular vision of Julian of Norwich -- Margery Kempe : the shocking "fool in Christ" -- Some aspects of popularizing mysticism in late medieval England.
9780801470936
Mysticism--History--England--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
English literature--History and criticism.--Middle English, 1100-1500
Christian literature, English (Middle)--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
BV5077.E54 / R5413 2014
248.2/209420902