Medieval Holy Women and the Desire for Death Alison F. Alexander Put simply

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Medieval Holy Women and the Desire for Death Alison F. Alexander Put simplyMedieval Holy Women and the Desire for Death investigates the tension between death as necessary for bringing about union with God and as the end of life on earth. For medieval Christians, only death could offer complete union with God. For medieval women in particular, death was figured as a desirable end to their embodied lives; at least, this is the story told by the clergymen who typically wrote their biographies. Medieval Holy Women and the