Excessive Saints: Gender, Narrative, and Theological Invention in Thomas of Cantimpr�'s Mystical Hagiographies by Amy Hollywood, Rachel J D Smith

Excessive Saints: Gender, Narrative, and Theological Invention in Thomas of Cantimpr�'s Mystical Hagiographies

Amy Hollywood, Rachel J D Smith

320 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

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For thirteenth-century preacher, exorcist, and hagiographer Thomas of Cantimpr�, the Southern Low Countries were a harbinger of the New Jerusalem. The Holy Spirit, he believed, was manifesting itself in the lives of lay and religious people alike....

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