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  • The Life of Nuns

    Love, Politics, and Religion in Medieval German Convents

    by Henrike Lähnemann, Eva Schlotheuber ...
    Translated by Anne Simon ...
    In the Middle Ages half of those who chose the religious life were women, yet historians have overlooked entire generations of educated, feisty, capable and enterprising nuns, condemning them to the dusty silence of the archives. What, though, were their motives for entering a convent and what was their daily routine behind its walls like? How did they think, live and worship, both as individuals ... Read more

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  • The King's Two Bodies

    A Study in Medieval Political Theology

    by Ernst Kantorowicz, William Chester Jordan ...
    Series series Princeton Classics
    Originally published in 1957, this classic work has guided generations of scholars through the arcane mysteries of medieval political theology. Throughout history, the notion of two bodies has permitted the postmortem continuity of monarch and monarchy, as epitomized by the statement, “The king is dead. Long live the king.” In The King’s Two Bodies, Ernst Kantorowicz traces the historical dilemma ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Hildegard Von Bingen

    The Legendary Women of World History, #11

    by Laurel A. Rockefeller ...
    Series Book 11 - The Legendary Women of World History
    With the power of her pen she changed Christendom forever.Hildegard von Bingen was never meant to be remembered by history. The tenth child of one of the Graf von Sponheim's knights, she was given to Disibodenberg monastery partly out of gratitude to God, but also partly because her visions made her too odd to make a suitable wife.When she succeeded Jutta von Sponheim as Magistra and prioress of ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Hildegard of Bingen

    Edited by Jennifer Bain ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    This specially commissioned collection of thirteen essays explores the life and works of Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), monastic founder, leader of a community of nuns, composer, active correspondent, and writer of religious visions, theological treatises, sermons, and scientific and medical texts. Aimed at advanced university students and new Hildegard researchers, the essays provide a broad ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • The Poor and the Perfect

    The Rise of Learning in the Franciscan Order, 1209–1310

    by Neslihan Şenocak ...
    One of the enduring ironies of medieval history is the fact that a group of Italian lay penitents, begging in sackcloths, led by a man who called himself simple and ignorant, turned in a short time into a very popular and respectable order, featuring cardinals and university professors among its ranks. Within a century of its foundation, the Order of Friars Minor could claim hundreds of permanent ... Read more

    $24.69 USD

  • Pope Joan

    The covered-up pontificate of a woman (3rd Ed.)

    by Michael E. Habicht ...
    Pope Joan. A concealed pontificate of a woman or a fictitious legend? In 1277, Martin of Troppau mentioned in his chronicle the pontificate of a woman who, as John Anglicus, had held the office of pope for two and a half years around 850 and was later removed from the list of popes. Since then, the world has been puzzling over the question of whether this is the truth or whether it is a legend ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Origins of the Franciscan Order

    by Cajetan Esser O.F.M. ...
    A Study of the problems of the early history of the Franciscan ORder by one of the most important scholars of the ORder, this book seeks to contribute to a stronger historical understanding of the work of St. Francis byu looking into the debates and theories surrounding the formation of the Order, and the transformation of the "original ideals of St. Francis." ... Read more

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  • The Hidden History of Women's Ordination

    Female Clergy in the Medieval West

    by Gary Macy ...
    The Roman Catholic leadership still refuses to ordain women officially or even to recognize that women are capable of ordination. But is the widely held assumption that women have always been excluded from such roles historically accurate? In the early centuries of Christianity, ordination was the process and the ceremony by which one moved to any new ministry (ordo) in the community. By this ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Hildegard Von Bingen: Student-Teacher Edition

    Legendary Women of World History Textbooks, #13

    by Laurel A. Rockefeller ...
    Series Book 13 - Legendary Women of World History Textbooks
    With the power of her pen she changed Christendom forever.When Hildegard von Bingen succeeded Jutta von Sponheim as Magistra and prioress of Disibodenberg monastery she found herself unable to keep her visions secret any longer. What happened next led her to revolutionize not only monastic life for women, but the whole world too.Student-Teacher edition features study questions after every chapter. ... Read more

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  • A History of Medieval Political Thought

    300–1450

    by Joseph Canning ...
    First Published in 2005. The book covers four periods, each with a different focus. From 300 to 750 Canning examines Christian ideas of rulership. The often neglected centuries from 750 to 1050, the Carolingian period and its aftermath, are given special attention. From 1050 to 1290 the conflict between temporal and spiritual power and the revived legacy of antiquity comes to the fore. Finally in ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Hildegard: A Play in Three Acts

    Legendary Women of World History Dramas, #11

    by Laurel A. Rockefeller ...
    Series Book 11 - Legendary Women of World History Dramas
    With the power of her pen she changed Christendom forever.In this stage drama we discover the quiet yet inspirational life of medieval Germany's most influential abbess and most prolific writer, Hildegard von Bingen. Using a combination of music therapy, gemstones, prayer, and cutting edge herbal therapies, Hildegard transformed medieval medicine, theology, and music in ways unmatched by any man. ... Read more

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  • Sant'Anselmo in Rome

    College and University; From the Beginnings to the Present Day

    by Pius Engelbert ...
    Sant’Anselmo in Rome was founded in 1888 by Pope Leo XIII for the training of Benedictines from all over the world in philosophy and theology. To this day, Sant’Anselmo is characterized by the interplay between the Benedictine College and the university entrusted to it, the Pontificio Ateneo di Sant’Anselmo, which for decades has also welcomed non-Benedictine students.For well over a century Sant ... Read more

    $27.39 USD