The Transmission and Appropriation of the "Vita" of Christina Mirabilis in Carthusian Communities

This contribution evaluates the transmission and appropriation of the vita of the ‘independent’ holy woman Christina Mirabilis from the diocese of Liège by Carthusians in England. Hers and other vitae were witness to the new Christ-centred spirituality and were mainly transmitted and adapted by memb...

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Main Author: Folkerts, Suzan 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Church history and religious culture
Year: 2016, Volume: 96, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 80-105
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Christina Mirabilis 1150-1224 / Saint's life / England / Carthusians
RelBib Classification:KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages
KAF Church history 1300-1500; late Middle Ages
KBF British Isles
KCA Monasticism; religious orders
KCD Hagiography; saints
Further subjects:B Christina Mirabilis mulieres religiosae Carthusians Saints
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)