The Daughter Zion Allegory in Medieval German Religious Writing

Examining medieval German religious writing (verse and prose) and Dutch prose works, Annette Volfing suggests that the Daughter Zion allegory provides an excellent springboard for investigating key aspects of medieval religious and literary culture. She argues that the development of the allegory from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries marks the striving towards a greater sense of equality and affective reciprocity with the divine, within the context of an erotic union.