Thousands and Thousands of Lovers : Sense of Community Among the Nuns of Helfta Paperback / softback
by Anna Harrison
Part of the Cistercian Studies Series series
Paperback / softback
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Thousands and Thousands of Lovers examines the spiritual significance of community to the Cistercian nuns of Helfta—a concern that lies at the heart of the monastery’s literature.
Focusing on a woefully understudied resource and the largest body of female-authored writings in the thirteenth century, this book offers insight into the religious preoccupations of a theologically expert and intellectually vibrant cloister to reveal a subtle interplay between communal practice and private piety, other-directed attention, and inward-religious impulse.
It considers the nuns’ attitudes toward community among themselves and with their household members as well as with souls in purgatory and the saints.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:536 pages
- Publisher:Liturgical Press
- Publication Date:05/09/2022
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- ISBN:9780879072896
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:536 pages
- Publisher:Liturgical Press
- Publication Date:05/09/2022
- Category:
- ISBN:9780879072896
