Veerle Fraeters

Veerle Fraeters (°1963, Belgium), Phd.,  is specialized in Middle-Dutch literature and the mysticism of Hadewych of Brabant. She is a teacher and researcher at the University of Antwerp and is member of the Ruusbroeck Society (in Dutch: Ruusbroeckgenootschap). She is currently working on a publication on gender and mysticism.
Veerle Fraeters
Posted on 10 Mar 2006 08:19

Gender and Spirituality

۞  We had a talk with Veerle Fraeters (Belgium) about Gender and Spirituality. In this interview Fraeters focused on 12th and 13th century women’s visionary mysticism, and in particular on Hadewijch of Brabant. In the first fragment you will also hear Fraeters sing from the Songs of Hadewijch.

  • What was the setting for female mysticism in the 12th and 13th century in the Low Countries?
    video (6,8mb) | transcript
  • (continued)
    video (5,9mb) | transcript
  • Can you tell us something about the type of spirituality these women practised?
    video (9,3mb) | transcript

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