Labels and libels : naming Beguines in northern medieval Europe / edited by Letha Böhringer, Jennifer Kolpacoff Deane and Hildo van Engen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Böhringer, Letha.

Kolpacoff Deane, Jennifer.

Engen, H. van (Hildo)

Series:

Sanctimoniales ; v. 1.

Sanctimoniales ; v. 1

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Beguines--Europe, Northern--History--To 1500.

Beguines.

Women in Christianity--Europe, Northern--History--To 1500.

Women in Christianity.

Societies living in common without vows--Europe, Northern--History--To 1500.

Societies living in common without vows.

Beguines--Name.

History.

Northern Europe.

Physical Description:

xii, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Turnhout : Brepols, [2014]

Language Note:

In English; with some notes in Latin.

Summary:

The series Sanctimoniales: Religious Women - Geistliche Frauen will present research on the history of religious women in the European Middle Ages (and occasionally extending into the Early Modern era) in its many varied forms. A central goal of this series is to foster academic dialogue between German and English speaking scholars. The editors will thus seek contributions that stem from diverse research traditions and that represent a variety of methodological approaches including those that engage the social, economic, intellectual and spiritual dimensions of medieval religious communities for women. The series will comprise both edited volume of thematic articles and single-author monographs. This volume investigates the diverse meanings assigned to and adopted by lay religious women in northern Europe between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries. While many outstanding studies have unearthed the local or regional significance of such women, little comparative or transregional scholarship exists to date. Moreover, traditional emphasis on medieval ecclesiastical condemnation of beguines has obscured the extent to which their communities were intertwined with supportive local social structures. Exploring the multiplicity of contemporary perspectives in the Belgian, Dutch, French, and German contexts over time, the volume traces not only the women's relationships to various authorities and institutions, but also the specific terms used to represent and respond to 'beguines'. Illuminating the kaleidoscopic ways in which medieval people categorized, described, and engaged with such women, the collected essays also underscore the extent to which simple dualities of 'clerical' and 'lay', 'elite' and 'popular', and 'orthodox' and 'heretical' are insufficient constructs with which to map intersections of medieval gender, lay religiosity, and society. In doing so, they propose new avenues and coordinates for exploring the sociospiritual topography of medieval Europe. Book jacket.

Contents:

Beginnings: Naming Beguines in the Southern Low Countries, 1200-50 / Walter Simons Simons, Walter 9

From Case Studies to Comparative Models: Würzburg Beguines and the Vienne Decrees / Jennifer Kolpacoff Deane Deane, Jennifer Kolpacoff 53

When is a Beguine not a Beguine? Names, Norms, and Nuance in Canonical Literature / Elizabeth Makowski Makowski, Elizabeth 83

Dangerous Heretics or Silly Fools? The Name 'Beguine' as a Label for Lay Religious Women of Early Thirteenth-Century Brabant / Vera Von Der Osten-Sacken Osten-Sacken, Vera Von Der 99

On Being a Beguine in France, c. 1300 / Sean L. Field Field, Sean L. 117

'Love is Beguine': Labelling Lay Religiosity in Thirteenth-Century Paris / Tanya Stabler Miller Miller, Tanya Stabler 135

Merging into Clergy: Beguine Self-Promotion in Cologne in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries / Letha Böhringer Böhringer, Letha 151

Beguines and the Devotio Moderna at the Turn of the Fifteenth Century / Koen Goudriaan Goudriaan, Koen 187.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

2503551351

9782503551357

OCLC:

869264521

Publisher Number:

99962436178