Saint Bride and her book : Birgitta of Sweden's Revelations /
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| Author / Creator: | Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373. |
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| Uniform title: | Revelationes. Selections. English |
| Edition: | New ed. |
| Imprint: | Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer, 2000. |
| Description: | xvi, 151 p. : maps ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Library of medieval women Library of medieval women. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4296830 |
Table of Contents:
- Chronology of Saint Bride's Life, Times and Influence
- Introduction: Saint Bride: Flesh and Blood Made Word and Book
- Text: The Book of Saint Bride
- Interpretative Essay: Saint Bride as Sibyl, her Book as Apocalypse. I. Saint Bride as Sibyl and Prophet. II. The Texts' Intertexts. III. The Book of Saint Bride. IV. The Texts' Communities. I. St. Birgitta of Sweden. II. Saints, Nuns, Widows, Pilgrims. III. Brigittine Syon, Carthusian Sheen and Mount Grace. IV. Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe.