Anchoress and abbess in ninth-century Saxony [electronic resource] : the Lives of Liutbirga of Wendhausen and Hathumoda of Gandersheim / translated with an introduction and notes by Frederick S. Paxton.

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Language: 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:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780813217147
0813217148

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Anchoress & abbess in ninth-century Saxony [Cover title]

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Anchoress and abbess in ninth-century Saxony.DDC classification:

274.3/2030922 22

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BX4667 .A53 2009eb

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EBSCOhost

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.

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