Cistercian Stories for Nuns and Monks: The Sacramental Imagination of Engelhard of Langheim

312 Pages·2020·6.265 MB·English

by  Martha G. Newman

Cistercian Stories
for Nuns and Monks
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Cistercian Stories
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The Sacramental Imagination of
Engelhard of Langheim
Martha G. Newman
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contents
Abbreviations ix
Introduction 1
Chapter1.Engelhard,Langheim,andtheNunsofWechterswinkel 18
Chapter2.StoriesandCommunity:
Seeing,Hearing,andWriting 48
Chapter3.Sign,Sight,andtheSacramentofFaith 71
Chapter4.VisionsoftheEucharist 101
Chapter5.ImaginingCistercianHoliness 131
Chapter6.DiscerningtheConscience 159
Conclusion 187
Appendix.EngelhardofLangheim’sBookofExempla:
TheManuscripts 199
Notes 211
Bibliography 259
Index 289
Acknowledgments 299

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