St. Elisabeth of Thuringia

A Psychological Study (1931)
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-94-6372-580-4
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 286 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Hagiography Beyond Tradition

Only twelve years after German women had been granted voting rights, the German medievalist Elisabeth Busse-Wilson, a first-wave feminist activist and scholar, challenged centuries of silence about violence against women by taking on the case of the most famous European saint, the young Elisabeth of Thuringia (1207–1231). Married at a very young age, St. Elisabeth soon fell under the spell of the notorious confessor and inquisitor Konrad von Marburg. His brutal treatment of the young woman was erased from the cult of St. Elisabeth to protect male privilege both in the church and society at large.

Published to coincide with the 700-year anniversary of her death, Busse-Wilson’s study caused a storm of controversy. Translated for the first time into English, this book reintroduces to a contemporary audience this long-forgotten but still provocative and timely classic.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Busse-Wilson, Elisabeth

Weitere Mitwirkende

Wiethaus, Ulrike

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction to the Translation - Ulrike Wiethaus

Chapter One: Research Objectives and Categories of Analysis

Chapter Two: Elisabeth’s Life

Chapter Three: On the Road to Sainthood

Chapter Four: The Poverella of Marburg

Appendix

Chronology

Annotated Bibliography

Translator’s Introduction: Select Bibliography

Translator’s Acknowledgments

Note on the Translator

Über Autor(innen)

Busse-Wilson, Elisabeth
Elisabeth Johanna Auguste Busse-Wilson (1890-1974) was a German historian. She was one of the first generation of German women to receive a university education.

Wiethaus, Ulrike
Ulrike Wiethaus is Professor Emerita in the Department for the Study of Religions at Wake Forest University. Her research interests focus on the history of Christian spirituality with an emphasis on gender justice and political history, and most recently, historic trauma, religion, and the long-term impact of US colonialism.