INTRODUCTION I
Mysticism and Space, I
Texts to Be Considered, 13
Other Spatial Parameters, 17
CHAPTER ONE. PHYSICAL SPACE         21
Defining Medieval Space, ix
The Enclosed Space of Contemplation, 3o
Physical Space and Architectural Imagery, 39
The Space of Bodies, 47
CHAPTER TWO. SOCIAL SPACE         59
Medieval Society and Mysticism from
a Contemporary Perspective, 59
The Space of Christian Society, 65
Space and Habitus, 74
Separation, 8o
Liminality, 87
Heterotopia: The Liminal Space Made Visible, 92,
Return, Reaggregation, and Reciprocity
in the Social Space, 95
CHAPTER THREE. THE SPACE OF THE
TEXT AND THE LANGUAGE OF SPACE         IoI
The Space of the Medieval Book, ioi
Positive and Negative Spaces, xo6
The Language of Space: Presence, Representation,
and Inexpressibility, ilo
God in a "Poynt'; 2I7
God's Spaciousness, 136
CHAPTER FOUR: THE MYSTICAL SPACE
OF RICHARD ROLLE       141
A Man of His Time, 141
Form: Solitude and Stillness, 47
Form: 1he Three Degrees ofLove, 43
Form: The Mystical Space as 1ipartite, 156
Content: 'The Threefold Mystical Apprehelsion
of Calor, Dulco,;, Canoi; 16z
CHAPTER FIVE: THE MYSTICAL SPACE
OF THE CLOUD AUTHOR        177
The Literary Mise en abyme, 177
The Reflective Space, ISz
'The Space of the Cloud, i9q
The Empty Space: The Space ofAbsence, 196
"The Space of the Will, zoS
CHAPTER SIX: THE MYSTICAL SPACE
OF JULIAN OF NORWX1ICH Z13
Defining Julians Mystical Space, zx3
Inside the Mystical Space: iranslocation, 225
Changing Places, Z33
Wholeness: Aspects of Gender and Enclosure, 239