Thousands and Thousands of Lovers

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Thousands and Thousands of Lovers is written by Anna Harrison and published by Liturgical Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0879071893 (ISBN 10) and 9780879071899 (ISBN 13).

Thousands and Thousands of Lovers examines the spiritual significance of community to the Cistercian nuns of Helfta—a concern that lies at the heart of the monastery’s literature. Focusing on a woefully understudied resource and the largest body of female-authored writings in the thirteenth century, this book offers insight into the religious preoccupations of a theologically expert and intellectually vibrant cloister to reveal a subtle interplay between communal practice and private piety, other-directed attention, and inward-religious impulse. It considers the nuns’ attitudes toward community among themselves and with their household members as well as with souls in purgatory and the saints.