The Legacy of Birgitta of Sweden
Women, Politics, and Reform in Renaissance Italy
Contributor(s)
Falkeid, Unn (editor)
Wainwright, Anna (editor)
Language
EnglishAbstract
Saint Birgitta of Sweden (d. 1373), one of the most famous visionary women of the late Middle Ages, lived in Rome for the last 23 years of her life. Much of her extensive literary work was penned there. Her Celestial Revelations circulated widely from the late 14th century to the 17th century, copied in Italian scriptoria, translated into vernacular, and printed in several Latin and Italian editions. In the same centuries, an extraordinary number of women writers across the peninsula were publishing their work. What echoes might we find of the foreign widow’s prophetic voice in their texts? This volume offers innovative investigations, written by an interdisciplinary group of experts, of the profound impact of Birgitta of Sweden in Renaissance Italy. Contributors include: Brian Richardson, Jane Tylus, Isabella Gagliardi, Clara Stella, Marco Faini, Jessica Goethals, Anna Wainwright, Eleonora Cappuccilli, Eleonora Carinci, Virginia Cox, Unn Falkeid, and Silvia Nocentini.
Keywords
Saint Birgitta of Sweden; Celestial Revelations; women writers; Sweden; Renaissance Italy; hagiographer; HagiographaDOI
10.1163/9789004540040ISBN
9789004540040, 9789004431782, 9789004540040Publisher
BrillPublisher website
https://brill.com/Publication date and place
2023Classification
Christian life and practice
History and Archaeology
c 1500 onwards to present day
Gender studies: women and girls