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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.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Latin Series: Medieval texts in translationPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, ©2009.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 204 pages) : genealogical tables, mapContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780813217147
  • 0813217148
Other title:
  • Anchoress & abbess in ninth-century Saxony [Cover title]
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Anchoress and abbess in ninth-century Saxony.DDC classification:
  • 274.3/2030922 22
LOC classification:
  • BX4667 .A53 2009eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-186) and indexes.

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.

Translated from the Latin.

Print version record.