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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewCoakley's clear conceptual framework alone would be extraordinarily helpful to excerpt as a brief introduction to the primary questions in the field. Church History Women, Men, and Spiritual Power is an enlightening book. -- Jessica Andruss Comitatus Coakley illuminates an important dimension of gender relations in the medieval church... Recommended. Choice Well-researched and insightful... Women, Men, and Spiritual Power fills a void in the research on female mystics. -- Donna Trembinski Canadian Journal of History Coakley's elegant study belongs in every medievalist's library. -- Barbara Newman The Catholic Historical Review [Coakley's] examination of spiritual friendships between women and men is lucidly written and solidly argued. Journal of Religion Clear conceptual framework...artful analysis -- Patricia Z. Beckman Church History
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction. "You Draw Us After You" 1. The Powers of Holy Women 2. Revelation and Authority in Ekbert and Elisabeth of Schonau 3. A Shared Endeavor? Guibert of Gembloux on Hildegard of Bingen 4. James of Vitry and the Other World of Mary of Oignies 5. Self and Saint: Peter of Dacia on Christine of Stommeln 6. Hagiography and Theology in the Memorial of Angela of Foligno 7. The Limits of Religious Authority: Margaret of Cortona and Giunta Bevegnati 8. Hagiography in Process: Henry of Nordlingen and Margaret Ebner 9. Managing Holiness: Raymond of Capua and Catherine of Siena 10. Revelation and Authority Revisited: John Marienwerder on Dorothy of Montau 11. Authority and Female Sanctity: Conclusions Notes Abbreviations Bibliography Index
