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Author_Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski
Carthusian charterhouse
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French Beaujolais
French region
Letters
Medieval
Mystic
Prioress
Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski
Salvation
Sin
Virgin Saint Beatrice
Visionary
Product details
- ISBN 9780859914420
- Weight: 132g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jan 1990
- Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
