{"product_id":"gertrud-the-great-of-helfta-gertrude-9780879074494","title":"Spiritual Exercises: Volume 49","description":"\u003cp\u003e The remarkable monastery of Helfta was a 'place where learning and art, courtesy and holiness flowered in a dark season' of interregnal warfare.* The nuns drew their inspiration from the twin roots of Citeaux: the Rule of Saint Benedict and the constitutions of Citeaux; their spirituality, liturgy, customs, and habits were modelled on those of the White Monks, even though juridically they were not part of the Cistercian Order. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Under the guidance of the thirteenth-century abbess Gertrud of Hackeborn, the nuns of Helfta steadfastly pursued learning and holiness. Among them were three outstanding women whose works have come down through the centuries: Mechtilde of Hackeborn, Mechtilde of Magdeburg, and the scholarly Gertrud the Great. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Having entered monastic life at the age of five, Gertrud combined a deep knowledge of the Church Fathers and earlier medieval writers, an intimate familiarity with Scripture, and innate common sense. Her \u003ci\u003eSpiritual Exercises\u003c\/i\u003e--prayers, litanies, meditations, and hymns--articulate a spirituality that is both traditionally monastic and authentically, but unself-consciously, feminine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hers is a mysticism of light and love, of humility and commitment, of freedom and discipline and--most of all--of joy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e*M. Jeremy Finnegan OP, 'The Women of Helfta', Peace Weavers, Medieval Religious Women, 2:212.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gertrud the Great of Helfta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0879074493\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780879074494\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liturgical Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.41d","brand":"Gertrud the Great of Helfta","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992543789311,"sku":"9780879074494","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cabed9d3-c1e4-4d17-9254-53d67af45189.jpg?v=1683319513","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gertrud-the-great-of-helfta-gertrude-9780879074494","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}