Some Questions for

Angela of Foligno’s Memorial

 

 

How does Angela’s interior spirituality map onto her exterior life?

What is the relationship between body and soul?

 

What claims to authority does Angela make?

What claims does A. make for her? or himself?

What might Angela’s hypothetical detractors have said?

How public was her experirence?

 

Describe the process of writing this text.

What is Angela’s attitude toward it?  A.’s?

 

Is it coherent?

What is its format:  a dialogue?  autobriography?  visionary recitation?

What adjectives would you use to describe it, in general?

 

What are her main metaphors, themes, preoccupations?

 

Is there anything identifiably—or distinctively—feminine in Angela’s spiritual teachings?

 

How would you summarize Angela’s teaching?  Or encapsulate it in a sentence?

How does this text, and Angela’s teaching, compare to Beatrice’s?