Religious Movements in the Middle Ages [Gender Issues]

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Plot

The historical links between heresy, the Mendicant Orders, and the women's religious movement in the twelfth and thirteenth century, with the historical foundations of German mysticism

"This translation makes available to the English-speaking world one of the greatest works of German historical scholarship from the twentieth century and one of the greatest works of medieval history ever written. Sixty years after its original publication, Religious Movements in the Middle Ages remains not only learned and powerful, but innovative -- even radical -- as well". -- Caroline Walker Bynum, Columbia University