Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. List of Illustrations xi
4. Preface xiii
5. Acknowledgments xvii
6. 1. The Development of Eremitical Mysticism in the British Isles 1
7. 2. Early Cistercian Theology in England 15
8. 3. Ancrene Wisse: A Magnificent Exemplar of Early English Mysticism 40
9. 4. “Female” versus “Male” Spirituality? A Talking of the Love of God and the Meditations of the Monk of Farne 59
10. 5. Richard Rolle of Hampole: England’s First Great Mystic 70
11. 6. Marguerite Porete’s Mirror of Simple Souls and Its Reception in England 135
12. 7. The Cloud of Unknowing and Related Tracts 151
13. 8. Walter Hilton: England’s Mystic Theologian 173
14. 9. The Singular Vision of Julian of Norwich 200
15. 10. Margery Kempe: The Shocking “Fool in Christ” 246
16. 11. Some Aspects of Popularizing Mysticism in Late Medieval England 282
17. Conclusion 298
18. List of Abbreviations 303
19. Notes 305
20. Bibliography 389
21. Index 415