Angela of Foligno’s Memorial
Title Details

144 Pages

21.6 x 13.5 cm

Series: Library of Medieval Women

Imprint: D.S.Brewer

Angela of Foligno's Memorial

by Cristina Mazzoni

Translated by John Cirignano

  • Description
The powerful voice of major Italian medieval woman mystic, translated with commentary.

Angela of Foligno is considered by many as the greatest mystical voice among Italian medieval women. She devoted herself to a relentless pursuit of God when as a middle-aged woman she lost her mother, husband and children; illiterate herself, she dictated her experiences to her confessor, who transcribed her words into Latin as the Memorial. In a direct and vigorous style, it tells of her suffering, visions, joy, identification with Christ, and finally her mystical union with God. However, her book has always been viewed with suspicion, indeed even bordering on heresy; her spirituality goes beyond conventional language as well as beyond accepted doctrines and modes of prayer.
This annotated selection from the Memorial is preceded by a biographical introduction which places Angela's text in its historical, cultural, and spiritual context; the accompanying interpretive essay which follows compares Angela's experience with that of twentieth-century Christian feminist theologians. The volume is completed with an annotated bibliography.

CRISTINA MAZZONI is Professor and Chair, Department of Romance Languagesand Linguistics at the University of Vermont.

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9780859915625

January 2000

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Title Details

144 Pages

2.16 x 1.35 cm

Series: Library of Medieval Women

Imprint: D.S.Brewer