Life of Douceline of Digne
摘要
The Life of Douceline of Digne (d. 1274) is an anonymous, Old Occitan hagiographic text, composed sometime between the late thirteenth and early fourteenth century. Douceline’s Life was most probably authored by a beguine or a group of beguines from the communities that Douceline founded in Marseille and Hyères, collectively called las donnas de Robaut. Both Douceline and the beguines had explicit connections with local Franciscans, including Douceline’s brother, Hugh of Digne. The vernacular language and female authorship offer a unique insight into the theological, liturgical, and communal vision of these Provençal beguines in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth century.