God's Words, Women's Voices: The Discernment of Spirits in the Writing of Late-Medieval Women Visionaries
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Awareness of the ecclesiastical doctrine of 'discretio spirituum' the means of testing whether visions were truly of divine origin] was vital for medieval women visionaries. Visions and prophecy offered medieval women one of the few pathways to the religious and, in some cases, the political life of their time, but were subject to stringent checks due to the combination of women deceitful by nature] and deceiving visions. However, those women visionaries...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0952973421
ISBN13:9780952973423
Release Date:April 1999
Publisher:York Medieval Press
Length:216 Pages
Weight:1.13 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.5" x 9.3"
Age Range:12 years and under
Grade Range:Preschool to Grade 7
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