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Listen Daughter
Constant J. Mews (Ed.)
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Description for Listen Daughter
Hardcover. The 12th century was a period of dramatic growth in the involvement of women in various forms of religious life. This volume examines new ways in which religious life for women was conceived by men as well as interpreted in practice by women within a society firmly patriarchal in character. Editor(s): Mews, Dr Constant J.; Wheeler, Bonnie. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC2; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
The words 'Listen daughter' (Audi filia, from Psalm 44 in the Latin Vulgate) were frequently used in exhortations to religious women in the twelfth century. This was a period of dramatic growth in the involvement of women in various forms of religious life. While Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) has become widely known in recent years as one of the most eloquent and original voices of the period, she is often seen as a figure in isolation from her context. She lived at a time of much questioning of traditional models of religious life, by women as well as by men. ... Read more
The words 'Listen daughter' (Audi filia, from Psalm 44 in the Latin Vulgate) were frequently used in exhortations to religious women in the twelfth century. This was a period of dramatic growth in the involvement of women in various forms of religious life. While Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) has become widely known in recent years as one of the most eloquent and original voices of the period, she is often seen as a figure in isolation from her context. She lived at a time of much questioning of traditional models of religious life, by women as well as by men. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
319
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Series
The New Middle Ages
Condition
New
Number of Pages
306
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312240080
SKU
V9780312240080
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About Constant J. Mews (Ed.)
CONSTANT J. MEWS teaches in the Department of History at Monash University in Australia, where he is also Director of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology.
Reviews for Listen Daughter
'Constant Mews has contributed to, and drawn together, an excellent collection of articles which advances understanding of the Speculum virginum and of the learning, development and position of religious women in the Middle Ages.' - Rosemary Dunn, Parergon