Transferring female mysticism from the Low Countries to England.

The project will examine the transmission to late medieval England of new models of female piety that emerged in the thirteenth century in the Low Countries and the Rhineland. An analysis of translated texts both by and about female mystics, will reveal whether, and if so, how, the English translators brought the central concepts of this new mysticism, such as 'union with God' and 'deification', into line with the English anchoritic tradition. The project will expand and deepen our knowledge of the transregional circulation of mystical texts and ideas from the Low Countries within Europe.

Keywords:MYSTICISM, TRANSLATIONS, GENDER, RELIGION

Disciplines:Language studies, Literary studies, Theory and methodology of language studies, Theory and methodology of linguistics, Theory and methodology of literary studies, Other languages and literary studies, Theology and religious studies