| Description |
xi, 284 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Emerging from the shadows : St. Scholastica / Mary Richard Boo and Joan M. Braun -- Abbess Hilda of Whitby : all Britain was lit by her splendor / Nancy Bauer -- St. Frideswide : monastic founder of Oxford / Rosemary Rader -- Erentrude : Nonnberg, Eichstätt, America / Linda Kulzer -- St. Walburga : medieval nun, free woman / Emmanuel Luckman -- Leoba : a study in humanity and holiness / Catherine Wybourne -- Tetta, "noble in conduct" and Thecla, "shining like a light in a dark place" / Deborah Harmeling -- St. Irmengard : no poor on the isle of Chiemsee / Miriam Schmitt -- Hrotsvit : medieval playwright / Teresa Wolking -- St. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) and Bl. Jutta of Spanheim (1084-1136) : foremothers in wisdom / Hildegard Ryan -- |
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The visionary life of Elisabeth of Schönau : a different way of knowing / Anne Beard -- Herrad of Hohenbourg and her Garden of delights : a pictorial encyclopedia / Gladys Noreen -- Following the lamb wherever he goes : the story of St. Lutgard / M. Zita Wenker -- Mechtild of Magdeburg : poet and mystic / Johnette Putnam -- Mechtild of Hackeborn : song of love / Alberta Dieker -- Gertrud of Helfta : a woman God-filled and free / Jane Klimisch -- Dame Gertrude More (1606-1633) : the living tradition / Jeremy Hall. |
| Subject |
Monasticism and religious orders for women -- Europe -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
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Monastic and religious life of women -- Europe -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
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Europe -- Church history -- 600-1500.
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| Added Author |
Schmitt, Miriam.
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Kulzer, Linda.
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| ISBN |
0814622925 |
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9780814622926 |
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