{"product_id":"medieval-holy-women-and-the-desire-for-death-hardcover","title":"Medieval Holy Women and the Desire for Death - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJessica Barr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMedieval Holy Women and the Desire for Death\u003c\/em\u003e investigates the tension between death as necessary for bringing about union with God and as the end of life on earth.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor 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. \u003cem\u003eMedieval Holy Women and the Desire for Death\u003c\/em\u003e questions this assumption and studies visionary narratives, treatises, and spiritual reflections by and about medieval Christian women from the thirteenth through the fifteenth centuries to reveal how these women understood their own deaths and how their depictions conformed to or departed from the stories told about them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than focusing on externalities like rituals, revenants, or miracles, Jessica Barr instead tackles the desire for death from the inside, seeking to elucidate the ways in which medieval people anticipated or experienced biological death on a personal level. In narrating their spiritual lives within the framework of deeply held Christian beliefs, these medieval women mystics illustrate how theology and experience converge-and, not infrequently, diverge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJessica Barr is a professor of comparative literature at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eWilling to Know God\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIntimate Reading\u003c\/em\u003e and co-editor of the \u003cem\u003eJournal of Medieval Religious Cultures\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 15, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51966896308525,"sku":"9780268210946","price":98.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/E9ehYYGj7N9780268210946.webp?v=1775539621","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/medieval-holy-women-and-the-desire-for-death-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}