A companion to mysticism and devotion in northern Germany in the late middle ages / edited by Elizabeth Andersen, Henrike Lahnemann, and Anne Simon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Andersen, Elizabeth (Elizabeth A.), editor.

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; v. 44.

Brill's companions to the Christian tradition, 1871-6377 ; VOLUME 44

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mysticism--Germany--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Mysticism.

Germany.

History.

Germany--Church history--843-1517.

Church history.

Germany--Religious life and customs--Middle Ages, 843-1517.

Physical Description:

xxi, 429 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, 2014.

Summary:

The volume explores the hitherto uncharted late medieval religious landscape of Northern Germany, from 13th-century Helfta to the 15th-century Lüneburg convents. The mystical and devotional writing of Northern Germany is contextualized through chapters on the Netherlands, Scandinavia and East Prussia. The seminal influence of the liturgy on these texts and their transmission is revealed in the creative interplay of Latin and Low German. Through the individual chapters and their appendices, which also contain translations into English, the reader can access a wealth of texts produced by communities of religious and lay women who write learnedly in Latin and fervently in Low German. Together, the chapters and appendices reveal a fascinating regional "mystical culture" which also reverberated across Northern Europe. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Mysticism and Devotion in Northern Germany / Elizabeth Andersen Andersen, Elizabeth, Henrike Lähnemann Lähnemann, Henrike, Anne Simon Simon, Anne 1

2 Liturgy and Reform: Northern German Convents in the Late Middle Ages / Jürgen Bärsch Bärsch, Jürgen 21

Part 1 Beginnings and Formations. Mystical Culture and the Helfta Circle

3 Hadewijch of Brabant and the Beguine Movement / Veerle Fraeters Fraeters, Veerle 49

4 Transmission and Impact: Mechthild of Magdeburg's Das flieβende Licht der Gottheit / Sara S. Poor Poor, Sara S. 73

5 Text Production and Authorship: Gertrude of Helfta's Legatus divinae pietatis / Balázs J. Nemes Nemes, Balázs J. 103

6 Latin and the Vernacular: Mechthild of Magdeburg-Mechthild of Hackeborn-Gertrude of Helfta / Ernst Hellgardt Hellgardt, Ernst 131

Part 2 Transmission, Transformation and Exchange. Devotional Culture and the Lüneburg Convents

7 Prelude: Northern Circulation of Fourteenth-Century Mystical Texts / Geert Warnar Warnar, Geert 159

8 An Urban Housewife as a Saint for Prussia: Dorothea of Montau and Johannes Marienwerder / Almut Suerbaum Suerbaum, Almut 179

9 Birgitta of Sweden in Northern Germany: Translation, Transmission and Reception / Elizabeth Andersen Andersen, Elizabeth 205

10 The Influence of the Devotio Moderna in Northern Germany / Anne Bollmann Bollmann, Anne 231

11 Religious Song and Devotional Culture in Northern Germany / Ulrike Hascher-Burger Hascher-Burger, Ulrike 261

12 Liturgy and Performance in Northern Germany: Two Easter Plays from Wienhausen / Tanja Mattern Mattern, Tanja 285

13 Bilingual Devotion in Northern Germany: Prayer Books from the Lüneburg Convents / Henrike Lähnemann Lähnemann, Henrike 317

14 Intellectual Horizons: Letters from a Northern German Convent / Eva Schlotheuber Schlotheuber, Eva 343.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9789004257931

9004257934

OCLC:

857141230

Publisher Number:

99956140041