A Companion to Birgitta of Sweden

And Her Legacy in the Later Middle Ages
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-33868-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 89, 330 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 635 g

Reihe: Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition

St. Birgitta of Sweden (d. 1373) is one of the most celebrated female visionaries and authors of the Middle Ages and a central figure in the history of late-medieval religion. An aristocratic widow, Birgitta left her native country in 1349 and settled in Rome, where she established herself as an outspoken critic of the Avignon Papacy and an advocate of spiritual and ecclesiastical reform. Birgitta founded a new monastic order, and her major work, The Heavenly Book of Revelations, circulated widely in a variety of monastic, reformist, and intellectual milieus following her death.

This volume offers an introduction to the saint and the reception of her work written by experts from various disciplines. In addition to acquainting the reader with the state of the scholarship, the study also presents fresh interpretations and new perspectives on Birgitta and the sources for her life and writings.

Contributors: Roger Andersson, Nirit Ben-Aryeh Debby, Unn Falkeid, Anna Fredriksson, Birgitta Fritz, Ann M. Hutchison, F. Thomas Luongo, Maria H. Oen, Anders Piltz, and Pavlína Rychterová.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Oen, Maria H

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Hagiographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Katholizismus, Römisch-Katholische Kirche

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

List of Abbreviations

Notes on Editions and Translations

Notes on Contributors

Timeline

Introduction: Birgitta Birgersdotter and the Liber celestis revelacionum

Maria H. Oen

1 God’s Words, or Birgitta’s? Birgitta of Sweden as Author

F. Thomas Luongo

2 Birgitta and the Bible

Anders Piltz

3 The Political Discourse of Birgitta of Sweden

Unn Falkeid

4 Challenging and Championing St Birgitta’s Revelations at the Councils of Constance and Basel

Anna Fredriksson

5 The History and Spiritual Life of Vadstena Abbey

Birgitta Fritz

6 Birgitta and Her Revelations in the Sermons of the Vadstena Brothers

Roger Andersson

7 The Iconography of Liber celestis revelacionum

Maria H. Oen

8 Reshaping Birgitta of Sweden in Tuscan Art and Sermons

Nirit Ben-Aryeh Debby

9 The Revelations of St Birgitta in the Holy Roman Empire

Pavlína Rychterová

10 Birgitta and Late-Medieval English Spirituality

Ann M. Hutchison

Bibliography

General Index

Über Autor(innen)

Maria H. Oen, Ph.D. (2015) in Art History, University of Oslo, is Deputy Director of the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome. She is currently working on a monograph on Birgitta of Sweden and late medieval visionary culture.