The secret within : hermits, recluses, and spiritual outsiders in medieval England / Wolfgang Riehle ; translated by Charity Scott-Stokes.

By: Riehle, Wolfgang, 1937-Contributor(s): Scott-Stokes, CharityMaterial type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2014Description: 1 online resource (448 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780801470936Uniform titles: Englische Mystik des Mittelalters. English Subject(s): Mysticism -- England -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 | English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism | Christian literature, English (Middle) -- History and criticismGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Secret within : hermits, recluses, and spiritual outsiders in medieval England.DDC classification: 248.2/209420902 LOC classification: BV5077.E54 | R5413 2014Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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