The Works of Richard Methley: Volume 286 (Cistercian Studies Series, 286) - Softcover

Methley, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0879072865 ISBN 13: 9780879072865

Publisher: Liturgical Press, 2021

Synopsis

Richard Methley (ca. 1450–1527/8), a Carthusian of Mount Grace, was the last great mystic before the English Reformation. Most of his prolific works are lost, but the treatises translated here display the same kind of experiential, affective, and ecstatic mysticism that is often labeled "feminine." Dating from the 1480s, they include a guide to contemplative prayer, a spiritual diary, and an unknown work on the discernment of spirits. Indebted to Richard Rolle and compared by one of his contemporaries to Margery Kempe, Methley will be an exciting discovery for students of late medieval religion.

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About the Author

Laura Saetveit Miles is associate professor of British literature and culture in the Department of Foreign Languages, University of Bergen, Norway. She has published on the Virgin Mary in medieval religious culture, including her monograph The Virgin Mary's Book at the Annunciation: Reading, Interpretation, and Devotion in Medieval England (D.S. Brewer, 2020). Other research interests include medieval women's writing, anchoritic texts, visionary and contemplative genres, and monastic literary traditions, specifically the Carthusian and Birgittine Orders. Currently she is working on a large project exploring Birgitta of Sweden's influence in late medieval England, funded by the Norwegian Research Council.

Edition details

• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879072865
• ISBN 13: 9780879072865
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224