Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter One. Sacramental Confession as Proof of Orthodoxy 9
7. PART 1. Women as Proof of Orthodoxy
8. Chapter Two. The Beguines: A Sponsored Emergence 47
9. Chapter Three. Elisabeth of Hungary: Between Men 85
10. PART 2. Inquisitions and Proof
11. Chapter Four. Sanctity, Heresy, and Inquisition 119
12. Chapter Five. Between Two Deaths: The Living Mystic 180
13. PART 3. The Discernment of Spirits
14. Chapter Six. Clerical Quibbles 233
15. Chapter Seven. John Gerson and Joan of Arc 264
16. Conclusion 297
17. Bibliography 305
18. Index 333