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

Author/creator Riehle, Wolfgang, 1937-
Other author/creatorScott-Stokes, Charity.
Other author/creatorRiehle, Wolfgang, 1937- Englische Mystik des Mittelalters. Translation of.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoIthaca : Cornell University Press, 2014.
Descriptionxviii, 427 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Uniform titleEnglische Mystik des Mittelalters. English
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013027551
ISBN9780801451096 (cloth : alk. paper)

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