6/22/2023 0 Comments Juniper book monica furlongJulian of Norwich, the English hermitess who spent the greater part of her life meditating on and coming to understand the striking visions she received as a young woman. Juniper Monica Furlong 4. In this highly acclaimed prequel to the award-winning Wise Child young Princess Juniper returns to her Cornish palace and discovers that her power-mad aunt. Catherine of Siena, an influential spiritual counselor whose book, Dialogue, consists of a debate between herself and God. Clare of Assisi, the close friend of Saint Francis and founder of the Poor Clares. Hildegard of Bingen, the visionary Rhineland nun. They include: Heloise, the scholar and abbess, whose letters to Abelard are treasure of medieval literature. The eleven women represented in this anthology were housewives, visionaries, abbesses, beguines, recluses, and nuns who wrote between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries. gs about them by their contemporaries, along with her own assessment of them, to open up their contributions to a wide popular audience. Monica Furlong uses key selections from among these women's own writings and writin. As such, they are striking and unusual, strange, powerful and urgent. The women mystics of medieval Europe represent the very first feminine voices heard in a world where women were nearly silent. Visions and Longings: Medieval Women Mystics (Trade Paperback / Paperback, New title)
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