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Document Details : Title: Een andere Hadewijch of een nieuwe dwaalweg? Author(s): WILLAERT, Frank Journal: Ons Geestelijk Erf Volume: 85 Issue: 3 Date: 2014 Pages: 163-175 DOI: 10.2143/OGE.85.3.3062091 Abstract : This article offers a critical discussion of Rudi Malfliet’s recent book De andere Hadewijch [The Other Hadewijch], in which it is contended that Hadewijch’s writings should be considered much more heterodox than is usually assumed by a research tradition that is heavily indebted to a ‘particular religious perception and methodology’. The influence of Joachim of Fiore in particular should be considered crucial for a correct understanding of her works. It appears, however, that Malfliet’s definition of the concept ‘beguine’ is anachronistic and that his joachimite, numerological and autobiographical interpretations of Hadewijch’s writings remain unconvincing. As for his reconstruction of Hadewijch’s biography, it is untenable, as it either lacks any documentary basis or results from preconceived interpretations of the literary and historical sources adduced. |
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