TY - JOUR
T1 - "I am wholly your own"
T2 - Liturgical piety and community among the nuns of helfta
AU - Harrison, Anna
N1 - Harrison, Anna. "I Am Wholly Your Own: Liturgical Piety and Community Among the Nuns of Helfta." Church History 78, 3 (2009): 549-583.
PY - 2009/9
Y1 - 2009/9
N2 - When William James long ago characterized the God of the thirteenth century Cistercian cloister of Helfta, in Saxony, as "full of partiality for his individual favorites,"^ he might have illustrated his claim with any number of passages from three of the surviving works composed by the nuns of Helfta, the Book of Special Grace, associated with Mechtild of Hackebom (1241-ca. 1298/99), the Herald of Divine Love, associated with Gertrude of Helfta (1256-ca. 1301/02), and the Spiritual Exercises, written by Gertrude.^ James drew his readers' attention to the following account from the Herald.
AB - When William James long ago characterized the God of the thirteenth century Cistercian cloister of Helfta, in Saxony, as "full of partiality for his individual favorites,"^ he might have illustrated his claim with any number of passages from three of the surviving works composed by the nuns of Helfta, the Book of Special Grace, associated with Mechtild of Hackebom (1241-ca. 1298/99), the Herald of Divine Love, associated with Gertrude of Helfta (1256-ca. 1301/02), and the Spiritual Exercises, written by Gertrude.^ James drew his readers' attention to the following account from the Herald.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0009640709990424
DO - 10.1017/S0009640709990424
M3 - Article
SN - 0009-6407
VL - 78
SP - 549
EP - 583
JO - Church History
JF - Church History
IS - 3
ER -