Anchoress and abbess in ninth-century Saxony
Subtitle: the lives of Liutbirga of Wendhausen and Hathumoda of Gandersheim
By: translated with an introduction and notes by Frederick S. Paxton.
Contributors: Liutbirg, Saint, d. ca. 870.; Hathumoda, 840-874.; Paxton, Frederick S., 1951-
Series: Medieval texts in translation
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780813215693
Subjects: Liutbirg, -- Saint, -- d. ca. 870; Liutbirg, -- Saint, -- d. ca. 870; Hathumoda, -- 840-874; Hathumoda, -- 840-874; Christian women -- Germany -- Biography; Women saints -- Germany -- Biography; Monastic and religious life of women -- Germany -- History -- To 1500
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The families of Gisla and Luitbirga; title: The family of Hathumoda; title: Map of the world of Liutbirga and Hathumoda; title: Introduction; title: The lives of Liutbirga and Hathumoda; title: Themes in the vita Liutbirgae; title: Themes in the vita Hathumodae and the dialogue; title: Women, religion, and sanctity in ninth-century Saxony; title: The translations; title: The life of Liutbirga, anchoress of Wendhausen; title: The life of Hathumoda, first abbess of Gandersheim; title: The dialogue of Agius on the death of Hathumoda.