A companion to mysticism and devotion in Northern Germany in the late Middle Ages
| Titel: | A companion to mysticism and devotion in Northern Germany in the late Middle Ages / ed. by Elizabeth Andersen, Henrike Lähnemann and Anne Simon |
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| Beteiligt: | ; ; |
| Veröffentlicht: | Leiden : Brill, 2014 |
| Umfang: | XXI, 429 Seiten : Illustrationen, Karten, Notenbeispiele |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Schriftenreihe/ mehrbändiges Werk: |
Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; 44 |
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| ISBN: | 9004257934 ; 9789004257931 |
| Hinweise zum Inhalt: |
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Inhaltsverzeichnis |
X
- Preface
- p. ix
- List of Contributors
- p. xi
- List of Maps
- p. xv
- List of Illustrations
- p. xvii
- List of Textual Appendices to the Chapters
- p. xix
- 1
- Introduction: Mysticism and Devotion in Northern Germany
- p. 1
- 2
- Liturgy and Reform: Northern German Convents in the Late Middle Ages
- p. 21
- Part 1
- Beginnings and Formations. Mystical Culture and the Helfta Circle
- 3
- Hadewijch of Brabant and the Beguine Movement
- p. 49
- 4
- Transmission and Impact: Mechthild of Magdeburg's Das fließende Licht der Gottheit
- p. 73
- 5
- Text Production and Authorship: Gertrude of Helfta's Legatus divinae pietatis
- p. 103
- 6
- Latin and the Vernacular: Mechthild of Magdeburg-Mechthild of Hackeborn-Gertrude of Helfta
- p. 131
- Part 2
- Transmission, Transformation and Exchange. Devotional Culture and the Lüneburg Convents
- 7
- Prelude: Northern Circulation of Fourteenth-Century Mystical Texts
- p. 159
- 8
- An Urban Housewife as a Saint for Prussia: Dorothea of Montau and Johannes Marienwerder
- p. 179
- 9
- Birgitta of Sweden in Northern Germany: Translation, Transmission and Reception
- p. 205
- 10
- The Influence of the Devotio Moderna in Northern Germany
- p. 231
- 11
- Religious Song and Devotional Culture in Northern Germany
- p. 261
- 12
- Liturgy and Performance in Northern Germany: Two Easter Plays from Wienhausen
- p. 285
- 13
- Bilingual Devotion in Northern Germany: Prayer Books from the Lüneburg Convents
- p. 317
- 14
- Intellectual Horizons: Letters from a Northern German Convent
- p. 343
- Illustrations
- p. 373
- Bibliography
- p. 385
- Glossary
- p. 417
- Index
- p. 421
