Anchoress and abbess in ninth-century Saxony

Anchoress and abbess in ninth-century Saxony the Lives of Liutbirga of Wendhausen and Hathumoda of Gandersheim / [electronic resource] : Anchoress & abbess in ninth-century Saxony translated with an introduction and notes by Frederick S. Paxton. - Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, ©2009. - 1 online resource (xviii, 204 pages) : genealogical tables, map. - Medieval texts in translation . - Medieval texts in translation. .

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.

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Liutbirg, Saint, -approximately 870.
Liutbirg, Saint, -approximately 870. Vita Liutbirg virginis.
Hathumoda, 840-874.
Hathumoda, 840-874. Vita Hathumoda.
Liutbirg, Saint, -approximately 870.
Hathumoda, 840-874.
Liutbirg (Heilige)
Hathumoda.
Liutbirg (Heilige)
Hathumoda.


Christian women--Germany--Biography.
Women saints--Germany--Biography.
Monastic and religious life of women--History--Germany--To 1500.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Religious.
RELIGION--Christianity--History.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.

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