A review by octavia_cade
Visions and Longings: Medieval Women Mystics by Monica Furlong

3.0

This is essentially an anthology, with an introductory essay and potted biographies of the various mystics before their own writings are introduced. As with all anthologies and collections, some of the writings were more interesting than others. I found the stand-out here to be the poetry of Hildegard of Bingen, but some of the others were pretty repetitive and, dare I say, even a little dull.

I did enjoy the introduction and mini-biographies of these women - frankly they were more readable, and more interesting, than the edited material/primary sources. It makes me wonder if Furlong has written a more substantial history on the same subject - I'd be interested in reading that, as long as I didn't have to wade through Julian of Norwich again.