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The Writings of Margaret of Oingt: Medieval Prioress and Mystic

The Writings of Margaret of Oingt: Medieval Prioress and Mystic

Blumenfeld-Kosinski, Renate

Paperback

Series: Library of Medieval Women

Literary CriticismReligion General

ISBN10: 0859914429
ISBN13: 9780859914420
Publisher: D S Brewer
Published: Jan 1 1990
Pages: 92
Weight: 0.26
Height: 0.22 Width: 5.48 Depth: 8.60
Language: English
Margaret of Oingt was born around 1240 into a noble family in the French Beaujolais region, and became prioress of the Carthusian charterhouse of Poletains; visionary and mystic, her writings are intelligent and humorous. Includedhere are the Page of Meditations, on sin and salvation; the Mirror, a vision of Christ; the Life of the Virgin Saint Beatrice of Ornacieux, an exemplary text; and letters and stories, including comments on her problems as prioress. They are translated from the Latin and Francoprovencal with an introduction, notes, and interpretative essay.

Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski is Chair, Department of French and Italian, and Professorof French, at the University of Pittsburgh.

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