Jesus as Mother: Studies in the Spirituality of the High Middle Ages (Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, UCLA) (Volume 16) [First Paperback ed.] 0520052226, 9780520052222

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Jesus as Mother: Studies in the Spirituality of the High Middle Ages (Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, UCLA) (Volume 16) [First Paperback ed.]
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Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
I. The Spirituality of Regular Canons in the Twelfth Century
II. The Cistercian Conception of Community
III. Did the Twelfth Century Discover the Individual?
IV. Jesus as Mother and Abbot as Mother: Some Themes in Twelfth-Century Cistercian Writing
V. Women Mystics in the Thirteenth Century: The Case of the Nuns of Helfta
Epilogue
Appendix: Monastic and Canonical Treatises of Practical Spiritual Advice
General Index
Index of Secondary Authors

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