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Anchoress and abbess in ninth-century Saxony : the Lives of Liutbirga of Wendhausen and Hathumoda of Gandersheim
- Title
- 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.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2009.
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- Description
- xviii, 204 p. : geneal. tables, map; 22 cm.
- Series Statement
- Medieval texts in translation
- Alternative Title
- Anchoress & abbess in ninth-century Saxony
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-186) and indexes.
- Language (note)
- Translated from the Latin.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFD 09-2026
- ISBN
- 9780813215693 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0813215692 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008032127
- OCLC
- 242558653
- Title
- 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.
- Imprint
- Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2009.
- Series
- Medieval texts in translation
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-186) and indexes.
- Language
- Translated from the Latin.
- Added Author
- Liutbirg, Saint, -approximately 870. Vita Liutbirg virginis.Hathumoda, 840-874. Vita Hathumoda.Paxton, Frederick S., 1951-
- Cover Title
- Anchoress & abbess in ninth-century Saxony
- Research Call Number
- JFD 09-2026