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The Revelations of St. Birgitta of Sweden
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 360

The Revelations of St. Birgitta of Sweden

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2006
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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St. Birgitta of Sweden
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 228

St. Birgitta of Sweden

An account of the life and achievements of St Birgitta of Sweden, one of the most charismatic figures in the late medieval mystical tradition, founder of the Bridgettine order. St Birgitta of Sweden was one of the most charismatic figures in the late medieval mystical tradition. In Rome she succeeded in commanding prelates and popes, and throughout the courts of Europe she engaged in political secular intrigues; she married and produced eight children, yet became the only woman in the fourteenth century to be canonised; and in an age where new monastic foundations were proscribed, she founded an order of her own devising, primarily for women. This first modern biography presents an account o...

Birgitta of Sweden and the Voice of Prophecy
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 284

Birgitta of Sweden and the Voice of Prophecy

Birgitta's religious authority considered, with regard to her prophetic mission and her authenticity as a medium of divine revelation in 14c Europe. This book examines the religious authority of St Birgitta of Sweden, the charismatic moral reformer and controversial female visionary of the fourteenth century, emphasising both representations of her prophetic mission and debates about her authenticity as a medium of divine revelation. It illuminates Birgitta's view of herself as a prophet of moral reform by explaining how her Revelations depict her religious mission and place in salvation history, goingon to reconstruct interactions between Birgitta and her contemporaries, including the signi...

Sainte Brigitte de Suède
  • Language: fr
  • Pages: 658

Sainte Brigitte de Suède

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1892
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Saint Bride and Her Book
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 190

Saint Bride and Her Book

First published in 1992.

Iconography: St. Birgitta of Sweden
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 120

Iconography: St. Birgitta of Sweden

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1969
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Literature of Medieval History, 1930-1975
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 634

Literature of Medieval History, 1930-1975

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1981
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Library Tracts
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 576

Library Tracts

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1852
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Life and Selected Revelations
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 366

Life and Selected Revelations

This was the massive, simplified structure which had been built on Birgitta's orders, using the foundations and the walls of the castle given to her by King Magnus.