Queenship and sanctity : The lives of Mathilda and The epitaph of Adelheid

Publication/Creation:

Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2004

Format:

Book

Edition:

1st ed.

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Queenship and sanctity : The lives of Mathilda and The epitaph of Adelheid / translated with an introduction and notes by Sean Gilsdorf

Series Titles:

Medieval texts in translation
Medieval texts in translation.

Related/Included Titles:

Lives of Mathilda.
Epitaph of Adelheid.
Epitaphium Adelheidae imperatricis. English.
Vita Mathildis reginae antiquior. English.
Vita Mathildis reginae posterior. English.

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Additional Author/Creators:

Gilsdorf, Sean, 1966-
Odilo, Saint, Abbot of Cluny, 962-1048 or 9. Epitaphium Adelheidae imperatricis

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Matilda,Queen, consort of Henry I, King of Germany,ca. 895-968
Adelaide,Empress, consort of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor,931-999
Queens--Germany--Biography
Christian saints--Germany--Biography
Germany--History--Henry I, 919-936--Sources
Germany--History--Otto I, 936-973--Sources

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

""CONTENTS""; ""Preface""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Maps""; ""The World of Mathilda and Adelheid""; ""Ottonian Saxony""; ""Burgundy and Northern Italy""; ""Genealogical Tables""; ""The Liudolfings""; ""The Burgundian Rudolfings""; ""Introduction""; ""I. The Lives of Mathilda and Adelheid""; ""Europe in the Tenth Century""; ""Queens and Queenship in the Early Middle Ages""; ""II. The Lives of Mathilda and Adelheid""; ""Origins and Authorship""; ""Monasticism in the Lives and The Epitaph of Adelheid""; ""The Tradition of Sacred Biography""
""Tradition Remade: Marriage, Queenship, and Royal Sanctity"" ""Holy Mother: The Lives and the Politics of Sanctity""; ""Holy Ruler: The Epitaph of Adelheid and the Sanctity of Politics""; ""Afterlife""; ""III. The Translations""; ""Translated Texts""; ""(Anonymous), The Older Life of Queen Mathilda""; ""(Anonymous), The Later Life of Queen Mathilda""; ""Odilo of Cluny, The Epitaph of Adelheid""; ""Appendices""; ""Appendix 1: Widukind of Corvey on Queen Mathilda (Res Gestae 1.31 and 3.74)""; ""Appendix 2: Mathilda and the Stirps Widukindi""
""Appendix 3: Vestigia deosculari: St. Efrem, Bavaria, and the Vita Mathildis posterior""""Endnotes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-211) and index.

Language:

English

Language Note:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (xv, 221 pages) : illustrations, maps

General Note:

Description based upon print version of record.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936530422402486

ISBN:

0-8132-1608-7

OCLC Number:

922996445
608652971