<strong>Hadewijch</strong> c.12101260 commands increasing attention internationally. As anauthor she is extremely creative and artistic. As a beguine she belong... » 

Hadewijch c.12101260 commands increasing attention internationally. As anauthor she is extremely creative and artistic. As a beguine she belongs to arevolutionary womans movement formed by religious women who conscious oftheir gender did not wish to enter either into marriage or a convent.Spiritually and materially independent these first beguines run into conflictwith the social order and endure the reaction of clerics religious andsecular authorities and those in holy orders. As a mystic Hadewijchilluminates both the glorious aspect of the loverelationship with God and itspainful aspect with the enjoyment of love goes an increasingly intense desire.Consequently union with God is not a spiritual elevation by which a person isreleased from his or her being human it consists rather of the interplaybetween resting in God and working in this world. You must live as a humanbeing is the kernel of Hadewijchs life and teaching. This book provides anilluminating introduction to one of the more colourful characters and importanttheologians in the early medieval period. «