The Middle English Mystics Paperback / softback
by Wolfgang Riehle
Part of the Routledge Library Editions: The Medieval World series
Paperback / softback
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Originally published as an English translation in 1981, The Middle English Mystics is a crucial contribution to the study of the literature of English mysticism.
This book surveys and analyses the language of metaphor in the writings of such mystics as Richard Rolle, Walter Hilton, Julian of Norwich, and in such anonymous works as The Cloud of Unknowing and the Ancrene Wisse.
The main emphasis of this comparative and stylistic study is not theological but rather the means by which theological concepts are communicated through language.
The book sets the English mystics in perspective by establishing their place in the European mystical movement of the Middle Ages.
It shows how intricate the relationship between English, and continental mysticism really is.
The book suggests that there is clear links between English and German female mysticism, yet the mysticism is in the main due not so much to specific influences as to the common background of Christian theology and mysticism.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:262 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:31/12/2020
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- ISBN:9780367211318
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Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:262 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:31/12/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9780367211318
