| Acknowledgments |
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| Introduction Veiled Individuals |
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1 | (8) |
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Women's Genres, Women's Authority |
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9 | (24) |
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Where Is the Body? Imitability in Hildegard's Images of Eve and Mary |
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33 | (28) |
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Invented Communities, Idealizing the Past: Redefining Monastic Ideals in the Dominican Sister-Books |
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61 | (48) |
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Interlude Personal Revelations: Re-Living the Model, In-Scribing the Self |
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105 | (4) |
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Margaretha Ebner: Illness in the Service of God |
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109 | (18) |
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Adelheid Langmann: Bride of God, Beloved of Christ |
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127 | (32) |
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Postlude Personal Revelations: Generic Imitation and Expansion |
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157 | (2) |
| Conclusion Varied Ideals |
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159 | (6) |
| Notes |
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165 | (76) |
| Bibliography |
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241 | (40) |
| Index of Titles and Proper Names |
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281 | (4) |
| Subject Index |
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285 | |