The Middle English Mystics: First published in German under the title: Studien zur englischen Mystik des Mittelalters unter besonderer ... Library Editions: The Medieval World) - Softcover

Riehle, Wolfgang

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367211319 ISBN 13: 9780367211318

Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

Originally published as an English translation in 1981, The Middle English Mystics is a crucial contribution to the study of the literature of English mysticism. This book surveys and analyses the language of metaphor in the writings of such mystics as Richard Rolle, Walter Hilton, Julian of Norwich, and in such anonymous works as The Cloud of Unknowing and the Ancrene Wisse. The main emphasis of this comparative and stylistic study is not theological but rather the means by which theological concepts are communicated through language. The book sets the English mystics in perspective by establishing their place in the European mystical movement of the Middle Ages. It shows how intricate the relationship between English, and continental mysticism really is. The book suggests that there is clear links between English and German female mysticism, yet the mysticism is in the main due not so much to specific influences as to the common background of Christian theology and mysticism.

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Wolfgang Riehle

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367211319
• ISBN 13: 9780367211318
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 262