Chapter 7. The Limits of Religious Authority

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: “You Draw Us After You” 1
5. Chapter 1. The Powers of Holy Women 7
6. Chapter 2. Revelation and Authority in Ekbert and Elisabeth of Schönau 25
7. Chapter 3. A Shared Endeavor? 45
8. Chapter 4. James of Vitry and the Other World of Mary of Oignies 68
9. Chapter 5. Self and Saint 89
10. Chapter 6. Hagiography and Theology in the Memorial of Angela of Foligno 111
11. Chapter 7. The Limits of Religious Authority 130
12. Chapter 8. Hagiography in Process 149
13. Chapter 9. Managing Holiness 170
14. Chapter 10. Revelation and Authority Revisited 193
15. Chapter 11. Authority and Female Sanctity 211
16. Notes 229
17. Abbreviations 319
18. Bibliography 321
19. Index 345