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A Voice of Their Own. Women's Spirituality in the Middle Ages.
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| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|
| yes | Coursera |
The Syllabus
Videos
- Introduction
- The Dawn of a New Spirituality
- The Birth of Nunneries: Early Forms of Female Monasticism in the Middle Ages
- Female Voices in the New Mysticism
- Persecution and Dissent: The True Meaning of Heresies
- Women Changing Spaces: The Effect of Female Spirituality on the Territory and the City
- The Role of Women in Confraternities
- Women on the Move
Practice exercise
- Quiz Unit 1
Videos
- The Spread of Cistercian Nunneries: The Case of Las Huelgas
- The Female Branch of the Mendicant Movement
- Enclosure: The Not-So-Strict Reality of Medieval Nuns
- The Daily Rhythm of the Nunnery
- Books and Archives in the Nunnery
- Lay Benefactors, Sponsors, and Promoters
- Founding Queens
Practice exercise
- Quiz Unit 2
Videos
- 3.1 The Visionary World of Hildegard of Bingen
- 3.2 Courtly Mysticism: The Trobairises of God
- Mysticism in the Nunnery: The Spiritual School of Helfta
- The Mirror of Simple Souls and the Deafening Silence of Marguerite Porete
- The Anchoress and the Wanderer: Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, and English Mysticism
- The Meditations of Isabel de Villena
- Birgitta of Sweden: Mother, Mystic, And Founder
Practice exercise
- Quiz Unit 3
Videos
- Good Women: The Female Side of Catharism
- Preaching Voices: The Role of Women among the Poor of Lyons
- The Role of Women in the Guglielmites
- The Burned Beguines of Languedoc
- Inquisitors and Women
- Curbing Dissidence: From Beguines to Nuns
- The alumbradas: 16th-century Heretics?
Practice exercise
- Quiz Unit 4
Videos
- A Doorway to Women's Spiritual Landscapes in the Middle Ages
- Monasteries in the Territory
- Nunneries in the City
- Reconstructing Female Spaces
- The Observant Reformation
- Female Medieval Spaces Today
- Women and Assistance
Practice exercise
- Quiz Unit 5