5. Th e Changing Fortunes of Angela of Foligno, Daughter, Mother, and Wife

2007 ◽  
pp. 56-67
Keyword(s):  
Angela Of Foligno

Angela of Foligno

2000 ◽  
Vol 10 (0) ◽  
pp. 125-142
Author(s):  
Ingrid PETERSON
Keyword(s):  
Angela Of Foligno

Between Court and Cloister: The Life and Lives of Margherita Colonna

2013 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 554-575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bianca Lopez
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Second Life ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Spiritual Community ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Angela Of Foligno ◽  
Gender And Society

This article considers the social and cultural contexts of the two lives of Margherita Colonna (c.1254–1280) to reveal her traditional, monastic Franciscan piety that originated with her baronial Roman background. To her family, Margherita Colonna represented a moderate type of Franciscan piety that did not conflict with elite patriarchal expectations of women, and one that differed from the radical penitence of Clare of Montefalco, Angela of Foligno, and Margherita of Cortona. Her hagiographers structured their respective renditions of her life to promote their own agendas, choosing and omitting saintly virtues as they saw fit. Margherita's first life, written by her brother Giovanni Colonna, extolled her humility, nobility, and almsgiving. Her second life, written by Stefania, her relative and the successor of her spiritual community, focused on Margherita's mysticism and concern for her cloistered community. Both of these works diverge from the lives of radical female Franciscans who practiced contempt for the world and rigorous poverty. For this reason, this article argues that Margherita's pious type broke from that of Clare of Assisi, and more closely resembled the traditional monastic religiosity practiced by her family before the arrival of St. Francis. Such an approach to hagiography reveals the social context from which it arose, as well as gendered notions of holiness, thereby contributing to the fields of medieval sanctity, gender, and society.

scholarly journals Mistyka relacyjna i metafizyczna w Księdze św. Anieli z Foligno

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 7-25
Author(s):  
Mateusz Stróżyński
Keyword(s):  
Christian Mysticism ◽  
Saint Bonaventure ◽  
Experience Of God ◽  
Medieval Mystics ◽  
Angela Of Foligno

The article discusses the coexistence of two forms of Christian mysticism – metaphysical and relational – in The Book of Angela of Foligno. The metaphysical type, associated with the Neoplatonic philosophy, is probably inspired by The Soul’s Journey Into God by Saint Bonaventure who describes the experience of God as viewing existence or being (esse). The relational type is focused on the human and personal aspect of Jesus and the experience of love in the I-You relationship. While in many medieval mystics there is only one type of mysticism (e.g. metaphysical in Eckhart, relational in Bernard of Clairvaux), in Angela there is an interesting coexistence of both these types of experience of God.

The figurativeness of the mystical experience in Angela of Foligno

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Šavelová
Keyword(s):  
Mystical Experience ◽  
Literary Interpretation ◽  
Teresa Of Avila ◽  
Mystical Experiences ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Angela Of Foligno ◽  
John Of The Cross

This paper explores the figurativeness of the language of the mystical experiences in the texts of Angela of Foligno. For this purpose, the prism of literary interpretation and analysis is utilised. The aim of this article is to define the main signs and specificities of Angela’s narration. The reflection on this theme also includes the research of possible similarities with other Christian mystical witnesses (Catherine of Siena, Teresa of Ávila, John of the Cross).

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