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Anchoress and Abbess in Ninth-Century Saxony : The Lives of Liutbirga of Wendhausen and Hathumoda of Gandersheim / translated with an introduction and notes by Frederick S. Paxton.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Medieval texts in translation.
- Medieval texts in translation
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hathumoda, 840-874. Vita Hathumoda.
- Hathumoda.
- Hathumoda, 840-874.
- Liutbirg, Saint, d. ca. 870. Vita Liutbirg virginis.
- Liutbirg.
- Liutbirg, Saint, -approximately 870.
- Monastic and religious life of women--Germany--History--To 1500.
- Monastic and religious life of women.
- Women saints--Germany--Biography.
- Women saints.
- Christian women--Germany--Biography.
- Christian women.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : The Catholic University of America Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In the growing field of early medieval texts in translation, this book presents the first full English translations of the Lives of Liutbirga of Wendhausen, the first anchoress in Saxony, and Hathumoda, the first abbess of Gandersheim.
- Contents:
- The families of Gisla and Luitbirga
- The family of Hathumoda
- Map: the world of Liutbirga and Hathumoda
- Introduction
- The Lives of Liutbirga and Hathumoda
- The lives of Liutbirga and Hathumoda
- Themes in the Vita Liutbirgae
- Themes in the Vita Hathumodae and the Dialogue
- Women, religion, and sanctity in ninth-century Saxony
- The translations
- The life of Liutbirga, anchoress of Wendhausen
- The life of Hathumoda, first abbess of Gandersheim
- The dialogue of Agius on the death of Hathumoda.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-186) and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8132-1714-8
- OCLC:
- 821617895
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