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Thousands and Thousands of Lovers examines the spiritual significance of community to the Cistercian nuns of Helfta—a concern that lies at the heart of the monastery's literature. Focusing on a woefully understudied resource and the largest body of female-authored writings in the thirteenth century, this book offers insight into the religious preoccupations of a theologically expert and intellectually vibrant cloister to reveal a subtle interplay between communal practice and private piety, other-directed attention, and inward-religious impulse. It considers the nuns' attitudes toward community among themselves and with their household members as well as with souls in purgatory and the saints.
Contents
Contents
Abbreviations ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Preface xv
Introduction xxvii
PART ONE
The Nuns
Chapter 1
"Oh! What Treasure Is in This Book?":
Writing, Reading, and Community 3
Chapter 2
"A Queen Is Magnanimous at Her King's Banquet":
Relationships among the Nuns 57
Chapter 3
"Tears and Sighs":
Community in Illness, Death, and Grief 116
Chapter 4
"I Am Wholly Your Own":
Liturgy and Community 161
PART TWO
Within and Beyond the Cloister
Chapter 5
"A Husband Enjoys His Wife More Freely in Private":
The Nuns and the Clergy 215
Chapter 6
"The People Are Also My Members":
Community Within and Beyond the Monastery 257
PART THREE
The Living and the Dead
Chapter 7
"Give Her All That Is Yours":
Community and the Population of Purgatory 301
Chapter 8
"Unite Yourself with His Family":
Community with Mary and the Saints 353
Epilogue 433
Bibliography 439
Index 479
