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Anchoress and abbess in ninth-century Saxony : the Lives of Liutbirga of Wendhausen and Hathumoda of Gandersheim /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Hathumoda, 840-874, Liutbirg, Saint, -approximately 870, Paxton, Frederick S., 1951-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from the Latin.
Published: Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, [2009]
Series:Medieval texts in translation.
Subjects:
Monastic and religious life of women > Germany > History > To 1500.
Women saints > Germany > Biography.
Christian women > Germany > Biography.
Hathumoda, > 840-874. > Vita Hathumoda.
Hathumoda, > 840-874.
Liutbirg, > Saint, > -approximately 870. > Vita Liutbirg virginis.
Liutbirg, > Saint, > -approximately 870.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.