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Franciscan women : female identities and religious culture, medieval and beyond /

Franciscan women : female identities and religious culture, medieval and beyond / edited by Lezlie Knox and David B. Couturier. - 1 online resource : color illustrations

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Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Women and The Franciscan Legacy (XIII-XV centuries) -- As Told by Women: St. Elizabeth of Hungary, her Four Handmaids, and the Iconography of the Elizabeth Medallion Window (Elizabeth Church, Marburg, Germany) -- Female Sites of Devotion in the Medieval Italian City: the Domestic 'Cell' -- Douceline of Digne and Isabelle of France: Forming Female Franciscan Identities in Thirteenth-Century France -- A Model for Psychological Healing: Angela of Foligno and Contemporary Models of Clinical Counseling -- Sancia, Queen of Naples and Soror Clara: A Life Lived between Secular Responsibilities and Religious Desire -- De sermo naturale competente: Wordy Women of the Franciscan Observance -- Santa Maria Maddalena: Franciscan Legal Identity in Fifteenth-Century Piacenza -- Women of Resurrection Belief: The Role of Mary Magdalene, Saint Anne, Judith, and Esther in the Vita Christi of Isabel of Villena (d. 1490) -- Mother Juana de la Cruz: Faithful Daughter of St. Francis and Patron Saint of Gender Inclusivity -- Soul and Spirit as Witnessed by the Nuns of Santa Clara in Seventeenth-Century Trujillo, Peru -- American Franciscan Women and Nineteenth-Century Utopias: Prophetic Imagination Engages the Institutional Church -- 'Relational Love': Franciscan Values in Practice and the Mayo Clinic -- Franciscan Medieval Women: A Theology of Trauma and Grace -- Author Biographies.

"Franciscan Women: Female Identities and Religious Culture, Medieval and Beyond is a series of papers presented at the Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University in July 2016"--

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Franciscans--History--Congresses.
Franciscans


600-1500


Franciscan sisters--History--Congresses.
Monastic and religious life of women--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500--Congresses.
Monasticism and religious orders for women--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500--Congresses.
Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500--Congresses.
Sœurs franciscaines--Histoire--Congrès.
Vie religieuse et monastique féminine--Histoire--600-1500 (Moyen Âge)--Congrès.
Monachisme et ordres religieux féminins--Histoire--600-1500 (Moyen Âge)--Congrès.
Église--Histoire--600-1500 (Moyen Âge)--Congrès.
Church history--Middle Ages
Franciscan sisters
Monastic and religious life of women--Middle Ages
Monasticism and religious orders for women--Middle Ages


Conference papers and proceedings
History

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