Medieval Mystical Tradition in England, Ireland and Wales
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Christian bards
Contemplative life
Cultural background
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Irish monasticism
Medieval mystics
Medieval themes
Modern retellings
Mystical tradition
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- ISBN 9780859915588
- Weight: 582g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 04 Nov 1999
- Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Interdisciplinary studies on medieval mystics and their cultural background.
Contemplative life in the middle ages has been the focus of much recent critical attention. The Symposium papers collected in this volume illuminate the mystical tradition through examination of written texts and material culturein the medieval period. A particular focus is on Celtic modes of witnessing to comtemplative vision from Ireland and Wales: an eighth-century account of voyages to wonders beyond the known world of Irish monasticism, and the workof Christian bards in medieval Wales. Distinctions within the mystical tradition in England are also explored both within differing Religious Orders and bewtween individuals engaged with the contemplative life.
Dr MARION GLASSCOE teaches in the School of English and American Studies at the University of Exeter.
Contributors: THOMAS O'LOUGHLIN, OLIVER DAVIES, R. IESTYN DANIEL, RUTH SMITH, VALERIE EDDEN, DENISE N. BAKER, DENIS RENEVEY, E.A. JONES, RICHARD LAWES, NAOE KUKITA YOSHIKAWA, C. ANNETTE GRISE, JAMES HOGG
E.A. JONES is Professor of English Medieval Literature and Culture in the Department of English at the University of Exeter. NAOË KUKITA YOSHIKAWA is Professor Emerita of Medieval English Literature at Shizuoka University, and Research Fellow at the Center for Medieval English Literary Text Studies, Meiji University, Japan.
