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SUMMARY:The Life of Ida of Gorsleeuw: Mysticism\, the Cistercians\, and th
 eir Networks
DESCRIPTION:The Ideology\, Society and Medieval Religion seminar series is
  delighted to present Theo Long (University of York) as our December spea
 ker. He will be speaking on The Life of Ida of Gorsleeuw: Mysticism\, the
  Cistercians\, and their Networks\n\nIn the thirteenth century new models
  of sanctity and hagiography emerged in the diocese of Liège with the ris
 e of the beguine movement and female mysticism. The Lives of these women 
 are often understood as texts in which male hagiographers construct women
 ’s piety to support their own agendas and clerical authority. Although th
 is view has largely been developed in relation to Dominican- and\nAugusti
 nian-authored hagiographies\, Liégeois Lives produced in a Cistercian mil
 ieu are often viewed in similar terms.\n\nThis paper examines The Life of
  Ida of Gorsleeuw\, an anonymous hagiography usually dated to around 1260
 . It records the life\, deeds\, and visionary experiences of Ida of Gorsl
 eeuw (or of Léau)\, a thirteenth-century Cistercian nun and mystic from t
 he abbey of La Ramée in Brabant. Most work on Ida’s Life focuses on its p
 resentation of Eucharistic devotion and her erotic relationship with Chri
 st. Ida’s education\, learning\, and knowledge are also prominent themes\
 ; this paper asks how these overlooked aspects of the text contribute to 
 the construction of her mystical spirituality. It then turns to the profu
 se anonymity found in the Life\, viewing this not as a barrier to histori
 cal inquiry but as a literary feature. How is anonymity used to shap\n\nh
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