TY - GEN T1 - Proving woman : female spirituality and inquisitional culture in the later Middle Ages A1 - Elliott, Dyan, 1954- LA - English PP - Princeton, N.J. PB - Princeton University Press YR - 2004 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn298104969 AB - Around the year 1215, female mystics and their sacramental devotion were among orthodoxy's most sophisticated weapons in the fight against heresy. Holy women's claims to be in direct communication with God placed them in positions of unprecedented influence. Yet by the end of the Middle Ages female mystics were frequently mistrusted, derided, and in danger of their lives. The witch hunts were just around the corner. While studies of sanctity and heresy tend to be undertaken separately, Proving Woman brings these two avenues of inquiry together by associating the downward trajectory of holy wom. OP - 350 CN - BR163 .E55 2004eb SN - 9781400826025 SN - 1400826020 SN - 9780691059563 SN - 069105956X SN - 9780691118604 SN - 0691118604 KW - Women : Religious life : History. KW - Church history : Middle Ages, 600-1500. KW - Mysticism : History : Middle Ages, 600-1500. KW - Women mystics : Europe. KW - Heresy : History : To 1500. KW - Inquisition. KW - Women. KW - Women : Religious life. KW - Mysticism : history KW - Women KW - Femmes : Vie religieuse. KW - Église : Histoire : 600-1500 (Moyen Âge) KW - Mysticisme : Histoire : 600-1500 (Moyen Âge) KW - Femmes mystiques : Europe. KW - Hérésie : Histoire : Jusqu'à 1500. KW - Femmes. KW - women (female humans) KW - RELIGION : Christian Church : History. KW - RELIGION : Christianity : History. KW - HISTORY : Europe : Western. KW - Church history : Middle Ages KW - Heresy KW - Inquisition KW - Mysticism : Middle Ages KW - Women mystics KW - Women : Religious life KW - Europe KW - Häresie KW - Spiritualität KW - Frauenmystik KW - Frau KW - Vrouwen. KW - Mystiek. KW - Inquisitie. KW - Ketterij. KW - femme : orthodoxie (conformité doctrinale) : spiritualité : Moyen-Âge (Bas) : 13e s. : 15e s. (1ère moitié) KW - femme : mystique chrétienne : orthodoxie (conformité doctrinale) : Moyen-Âge (Bas) : 13e s. : 15e s. (1ère moitié) KW - femme : hérésie : inquisition : sainteté : Moyen-Âge (Bas) : 13e s. : 15e s. (1ère moitié) KW - To 1500 KW - History KW - Annotations (Provenance) : Pennsylvania : Philadelphia. ER -