The Women Mystics of Medieval Europe represent the very first feminine voices heard in a world where Women were nearly silent.
The eleven Women represented in this anthology were housewives, visionaries, abb.
Monica Furlong uses key selections from among these women\'s own writings and writings about them by their contemporaries, along with her own assessment of them, to open up their contributions to a wide popular audience.
As such, they are striking and unusual, strange, powerful and urgent.
The Women Mystics of Medieval Europe represent the very first feminine voices heard in a world where Women were nearly silent