Jesus as mother: studies in the spirituality of the High Middle Ages 9780520052222, 9780520041943

Table of contents :
Frontmatter (page N/A)
Preface (page xi)
Abbreviations (page xiii)
Introduction (page 1)
1 The Spirituality of Regular Canons in the Twelfth Century (page 22)
2 The Cistercian Conception of Community (page 59)
3 Did the Twelfth Century Discover the Individual (page 82)
4 Jesus as Mother and Abbot as Mother: Some Themes in Twelfth-Century Cistercian Writing (page 110)
5 Women Mystics in the Thirteenth Century: The Case of the Nuns of Helfta (page 170)
Epilogue (page 263)
Appendix: Monastic and Canonical Treatises of Practical Spiritual Advice (page 267)
General Index (page 271)
Index of Secondary Authors (page 276)

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Caroline Walker Bynum

PUBLICATIONS OF THE UCLA CENTER FOR MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES 1. Jeffrey Burton Russell, Dissent and Reform in the Early Middle Ages (1965) 2. C.D. O’Malley, editor, Leonardo’s Legacy: An International Symposium (1968) 3. Richard H. Rouse, Serial Bibliographies for Medieval Studies (1969) 4. Speros Vryonis, Jr., The Decline of Medieval Hellenism in Asia Minor and the Process of Islamization from the Eleventh Through the Fifteenth Century (1971)

5. Stanley Chodorow, Christian Political Theory and Church Politics in the Mid-Twelfth Century: The Ecclesiology of Gratian’s Decretum (1972)

6. Joseph J. Duggan, “The Song of Roland”: Formulaic Style and Poetic Craft (1973) 7. Ernest A. Moody, Studies in Medieval Philosophy, Science, and Logic: Collected Papers,

1933-1969 (1975) 8. Marc Bloch, Slavery and Serfdom in the Middle Ages: Selected Essays (1975)

g. Michael J. B. Allen, Marsilio Ficino: The “Philebus” Commentary, a critical edition

and translation (1975) 10. Richard C. Dales, Marius: “On the Elements,” a critical edition and translation (1976) 11. Duane J. Osheim, An Italian Lordship: The Bishopric of Lucca in the Late Middle Ages (1977) 12. Robert Somerville, Pope Alexander II and the Council of Tours (1163): A Study of Ecclesiastical Politics and Institutions in the Twelfth Century (1977) 13. Lynn White, Jr., Medieval Religion and Technology: Collected Essays (1978)

14. Michael J. B. Allen, Marsilio Ficino and the Phaedran Charioteer: Introduction, Texts, Translations (1981) 15. Barnabas Bernard Hughes, O.F.M., Jordanus de Nemore: “De numenis datis,”’ a

critical edition and translation (1981) 16. Caroline Walker Bynurn, Jesus as Mother: Studies in the Spirituality of the High Middle Ages (1982) 17. Carlo M. Cipolla, The Monetary Policy of Fourteenth-Century Florence (1983)

18. John H. Van Engen, Rupert of Deutz (1983) 19. Thomas K. Keefe, Feudal Assessments and the Political Community under Henry IT and His Sons (1983)

20. John C. Shideler, A Medieval Catalan Noble Family: The Montcadas, rooo—1230 (1984) 21. Michael J. B. Allen, The Platonism of Marsilio Ficino: A Study of His “Phaedrus” Commentary, Its Sources and Genesis (1984) 22. Barbara McClung Hallman, /ialian Cardinals, Reform, and the Church as Property,

1492-1563 (1985) 23. Stephen L. Wailes, Medieval Allegories of Jesus’ Parables: An Introduction (1987)

24. Mary Elizabeth Perry and Anne J. Cruz, editors, Cultural Encounters: The Impact of the Inquisition in Spain and the New World (19G1)

25. Ignacio Navarrete, Orphans of Petrarch: Poetry and Theory in the Spanish Renaissance (1994) 26. F. R. P. Akehurst and Judith M. Davis, editors, A Handbook of the Troubadours

(1995)

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