Daughter Zion Allegory in Medieval German Religious Writing
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Adelheid Langmann
affective piety
Allegorical Narrative
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bridal allegory
Bridal Mysticism
Bridal Soul
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Celestial Journey
Christ Child
Christian Exegetes
Cura Monialium
Dat Hij
Dawn Song
Daz Ich
Devotio Moderna
Elsbeth Stagel
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Eternal Wisdom
Geiler Von Kaysersberg
gendered spirituality
German vernacular theology
Heinrich Seuse
Holy Mountain
Imago Trinitatis
Latin Recensions
Mechthild Von Magdeburg
medieval female religious experience
medieval mysticism
religious subjectivity
Spiritual Androgyny
Spiritual Pregnancy
Tota Pulchra Es
Vulnerasti Cor Meum
Wan Der
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- ISBN 9781472469755
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 09 Jun 2017
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The Daughter Zion allegory represents a particular narrative articulation of the paradigm of bridal mysticism deriving from the Song of Songs, the core element of which is the quest of Daughter Zion for a worthy object of love. Examining medieval German religious writing (verse and prose) and Dutch prose works, Annette Volfing shows that this storyline provides an excellent springboard for investigating key aspects of medieval religious and literary culture. In particular, she argues, the allegory lends itself to an exploration of the medieval sense of self; of the scope of human agency within the mystical encounter; of the gendering of the religious subject; of conceptions of space and enclosure; and of fantasies of violence and aggression. Volfing suggests that Daughter Zion adaptations increasingly tended to empower the religious subject to seek a more immediate relationship with the divine and to embrace a wider range of emotions: the mediating personifications are gradually eliminated in favour of a model of religious experience in which the human subject engages directly with Christ. Overall, the development of the allegory from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries marks the striving towards a greater sense of equality and affective reciprocity with the divine, within the context of an erotic union.
Annette Volfing is Professor of Medieval German Studies at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Oriel College, UK. She is a Fellow of the British Academy.
