 | The Strange Case of Ermine de Reims: A Medieval Woman Between Demons and Saints Subjects: Ermine de Reims approximately 1347–1396; Visionaries -- France; Women mystics -- France; Visions -- France -- Early works to 1800; Mysticism -- France -- History -- To 1500; In 1395, a poor and illiterate French woman began to experience nightly visions of devils and angels. Was she a saint, a witch, an impostor, or a madwoman? Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski looks for answers in the historical and theological context of this troubled woman's life and times. Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski is Distinguished Professor of French at the University of Pittsburgh and a Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America. She is the author of several books, including Poets, Saints, and Visionaries of the Great Schism (1378-1417). |
