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The Medieval Church · c. 1292–1298
The Memorial
Angela of Foligno · c. 1248–1309
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What it is
A widow's account of thirty steps of conversion, dictated to a scribe who repeatedly admits he cannot render what she says and is frightened by it.
Why it lasted
One of the most extreme mystical texts of the Middle Ages, and unusually candid about the gap between a woman's speech and a man's transcription.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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