Saint Bride and her Book by Julia Holloway
A modern English version of the Middle English text of Birgitta's Revelations made at the Birgittine Syon Abbey in England, in which the scribes extracted their favourite episodes from the longer Latin version. Saint Birgitta of Sweden (canonised in 1391) is one of the most important female figures of medieval Europe. She participated vigorously in its political life, attempting through her writings to end the Hundred Years War between England and France, and to strengthen the Papacy against the Schism; she also influenced other mystics, such as Julian of Norwich, Catherine of Siena, Chiara Gambacorta, Margery Kempe and Elizabeth Barton, leading a tradition in which women, despite being forbidden to preach, could act through writing visionary books. Birgitta was helped by cardinals, bishops, priors and masters in her task, speaking to Popes, Emperors and all Europe. For this work she is now proclaimed, with Catherine of Siena and Edith Stein, Patron of Europe. This book presents in modern English her medieval biography, excerpts from her massive book, the Revelationes, from a translation into MiddleEnglish made at Brigittine Syon Abbey in England. This is accompanied by an interpretive essay and an introduction tracing her life.
The Author: Julia Bolton Holloway taught Medieval Studies at Princeton University and the University of Colorado, Boulder, after her 1974 University of California, Berkeley, doctorate. She has published three books on Brunetto Latino, Dante's teacher, two books on St. Birgitta of Sweden, the pilgrim and writer who influenced Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe, and has co-edited with Constance Wrigth two volumes of essays, Equally in God's Image: Women in the Middle Ages and Tales within Tales: Apuleius through Time. She lived as a child on the pilgrimage road to Canterbury, has traveled as a pilgrim to Walsingham, Compostela, Rome and Jerusalem, and has now returned to England, to the Community of the Holy Family, Holmhurst St. Mary, St. Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780859915892 |
| ISBN 10 | 0859915891 |
| Title | Saint Bride and her Book |
| Author | Julia Holloway |
| Series | Library Of Medieval Women |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Boye6 |
| Year published | 2000-05-25 |
| Number of pages | 168 |
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