Hello. My research interests concern the 13th.c. German mystic,
Mechthild von Magdeburg. I am most interested in her use of various
discourses associated with positions of authority in religious
culture in order to develop her own authoritative voice. My current
work addresses this question in terms of the manuscript transmission
of Mechthild's texts. By looking at the way the manuscripts were
transmitted (i.e. what kinds of texts were transmitted with hers and
in what kinds of manuscripts), I hope to pursue more general
quesstions about medieval reading practices among the laity and
especially among women, as well as questions about the construction
of literary traditions. -- S. Poor, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
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