Bodies of Crystal, Houses of Glass: Observing Reform and Improving Piety in the St. Katharinental Sister Book

This article examines the evolving modes of piety performed and written by cloistered women at the St. Katharinental Convent in Diessenhofen, Switzerland, in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries in their St. Katharinental Sister Book, a collection of quasi-hagiographic vitae composed by the sister...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Medieval Religious Cultures. - Pennsylvania State University Press, 2010. - 43(2017), 1, Seite 24-57
1. Verfasser: Ayanna, Amiri (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2017
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of Medieval Religious Cultures
Schlagworte:Observant reform female monasticism practices of piety medieval women's writing St. Katharinental Convent at Diessenhofen Religion Behavioral sciences Arts Health sciences Philosophy Biological sciences