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:

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

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Additional Author/Creators:

Gilsdorf, Sean, 1966-
Odilo, Saint, Abbot of Cluny, 962-1048 or 1049. Epitaphium Adelheidae imperatricis

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Matilda,Queen, consort of Henry I, King of Germany,approximately 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.

Summary:

Queenship and Sanctity brings together for the first time in English the anonymous Lives of Mathilda and Odilo of Cluny's Epitaph of Adelheid.Richly annotated, with an extensive introduction placing the texts and their subjects in historical and hagiographical context, it provides teachers and students with a crucial set of sources.

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