Abstract
This article considers the teachings of Angela of Foligno, Clare of Montefalco and Margaret of Faenza, and how these pedagogical endeavours were both negatively and positively received by their male contemporaries.
Translated title of the contribution | The Community of Discourse: Religious Authority and the Role of Holy Women in the Later Middle Ages |
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Original language | English |
Title of host publication | Women’s Life Experience in Medieval Writing |
Editors | Anneke Mulder-Bakker, Liz McAvoy |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Pages | 65 - 82 |
Number of pages | 17 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780230602878 |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |