A companion to Birgitta of Sweden and her legacy in the later Middle Ages / / edited by Maria H. Oen.

St. Birgitta of Sweden (d. 1373) is one of the most celebrated female visionaries and authors of the Middle Ages and a central figure in the history of late-medieval religion. An aristocratic widow, Birgitta left her native country in 1349 and settled in Rome, where she established herself as an out...

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Superior document:Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition; volume89
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden Boston : : BRILL,, 2019.
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition; volume89.
Physical Description:1 online resource (348 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright Page / Maria H. Oen
  • Acknowledgements / Maria H. Oen
  • Figures / Maria H. Oen
  • Abbreviations / Maria H. Oen
  • Notes on Editions and Translations / Maria H. Oen
  • Notes on Contributors / Maria H. Oen
  • Timeline / Maria H. Oen
  • Birgitta Birgersdotter and the Liber celestis revelacionum / Maria H. Oen
  • God’s Words, or Birgitta’s? Birgitta of Sweden as Author / F. Thomas Luongo
  • Birgitta and the Bible / Anders Piltz
  • The Political Discourse of Birgitta of Sweden / Unn Falkeid
  • Challenging and Championing St Birgitta’s Revelations at the Councils of Constance and Basel / Anna Fredriksson
  • The History and Spiritual Life of Vadstena Abbey / Birgitta Fritz
  • Birgitta and Her Revelations in the Sermons of the Vadstena Brothers / Roger Andersson
  • The Iconography of Liber celestis revelacionum / Maria H. Oen
  • Reshaping Birgitta of Sweden in Tuscan Art and Sermons / Nirit Ben-Aryeh Debby
  • The Revelations of St Birgitta in the Holy Roman Empire / Pavlína Rychterová
  • Birgitta and Late-Medieval English Spirituality / Ann M. Hutchison
  • Back Matter
  • Bibliography / Maria H. Oen
  • General Index / Maria H. Oen.