Dictionary definition: Birgitta, St.

Article: St Birgitta of Sweden
The Catholic Historical Review;  April 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...St Birgitta of Sweden. By Bridget Morris. [Studies ... 1999. Pp. xiv, 202. $60.00.) St Birgitta of Sweden is long overdue-not the work ... quality Birgittine scholarship. In St Birgitta of Sweden, Moms has chosen to emphasize ...

Article: Claire L. Sahlin. Birgitta of Sweden and the Voice of ...
Scandinavian Studies;  June 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... subject of Claire Sahlin's monograph, Birgitta of Sweden, is one of the most extraordinary ... depravity. Sahlin seeks to demonstrate Birgitta of Sweden's understanding of her vocation ... to analyze the relationship between Birgitta's charismatic authority and clerical ...

Article: The Political Ideas of St. Birgitta and Her Spanish ...
Scandinavian Studies;  December 22, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... most vexing problems concerning St. Birgitta of Sweden (1302/3--1373 ... activity of her father-confessors. Birgitta's visions are mediated to us ... Alfonso Pecha's arrangement of Birgitta's revelations into the Liber ...

Article: Sancta Birgitta. Revelaciones, Book II
The Catholic Historical Review;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... presented in the form of exempla (Birgitta sometimes calls them similitudo ... allegorical exegesis. In this book Birgitta is especially concerned about ... meant to follow the example of St. George (see chaps. VII ... Another characteristic of Birgitta's visionary style appears ...

Article: Sancta Birgitta. Revelaciones, Book VIII: Liber celestis ...
The Catholic Historical Review;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Sancta Birgitta. Revelaciones, Book VIII: Liber celestis ... are, to the very Catholic figure of St. Birgitta (c. 13031373). The Swedish visionary ... most fascinating of medieval seers. Birgitta was, indeed, an international figure ...

Article: Sancta Birgitta: Revelaciones, Book III
The Catholic Historical Review;  April 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Sancta Birgitta: Revelaciones, Book Ill. Edited by ... 1998. Pp. 251. SEK 231 paperback.) St. Birgitta of Sweden (c. 1303-1373), like ... Hildegard of Bingen two centuries before, Birgitta was an aristocrat who carved out a special ...

Article: Birgitta Holm. Victoria Benedictsson.(Book review)
Scandinavian Studies;  September 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Birgitta Holm. Victoria Benedictsson. Stockholm: Natur och Kultur, 2007. Pp 240. Birgitta Holm may be the best friend that Swedish women ... and Tusen ar av ogonblick: Fran den heliga Birgitta till den syndiga [A Thousand Years of Moments ...