{"product_id":"medieval-holy-women-and-the-jessica-barr-9780268210946","title":"Medieval Holy Women and the Desire for Death","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMedieval Holy Women and the Desire for Death\u003c\/em\u003e investigates the tension between death as necessary for bringing about union with God and as the end of life on earth.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor medieval Christians, only death could offer complete union with God. For medieval women in particular, death was figured as a desirable end to their embodied lives; at least, this is the story told by the clergymen who typically wrote their biographies. \u003cem\u003eMedieval Holy Women and the Desire for Death\u003c\/em\u003e questions this assumption and studies visionary narratives, treatises, and spiritual reflections by and about medieval Christian women from the thirteenth through the fifteenth centuries to reveal how these women understood their own deaths and how their depictions conformed to or departed from the stories told about them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than focusing on externalities like rituals, revenants, or miracles, Jessica Barr instead tackles the desire for death from the inside, seeking to elucidate the ways in which medieval people anticipated or experienced biological death on a personal level. In narrating their spiritual lives within the framework of deeply held Christian beliefs, these medieval women mystics illustrate how theology and experience converge-and, not infrequently, diverge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jessica Barr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0268210942\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780268210946\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Notre Dame Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Jessica Barr","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48154099482879,"sku":"9780268210946","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ab353591-ee29-46e2-892e-d791c20b0b1d.jpg?v=1770787884","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/medieval-holy-women-and-the-jessica-barr-9780268210946","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}