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

Published Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 204 pages) : genealogical tables, map Series Medieval texts in translation Medieval texts in translation. 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-186) and indexes Notes Translated from the Latin Print version record Subject Liutbirg, Saint, -approximately 870. Liutbirg, Saint, -approximately 870. Vita Liutbirg virginis Hathumoda, 840-874 Hathumoda, 840-874. Vita Hathumoda SUBJECT Hathumoda, 840-874 fast Liutbirg, Saint, -approximately 870 fast Liutbirg (Heilige) swd Hathumoda. swd Subject Christian women -- Germany -- Biography Women saints -- Germany -- Biography Monastic and religious life of women -- Germany -- History -- To 1500 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Religious. RELIGION -- Christianity -- History. Christian women Monastic and religious life of women Women saints Germany Genre/Form Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book Author Paxton, Frederick S., 1951- Liutbirg, Saint, -approximately 870. Vita Liutbirg virginis Hathumoda, 840-874. Vita Hathumoda ISBN 9780813217147 0813217148

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