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A REAL book.
This is one of the best books i've read. Fridegard is the worlds most underrated writer. The book basically tells the story of Fridegard himself, he just added some action so it would be more fun to read. Fridegard had a hard time getting the book published because of it's sincere and harsh language. I would recommend anyone to read it. ... Read more

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This book examines the religious authority of St Birgitta of Sweden, the charismatic moral reformer and controversial female visionary of the fourteenth century, emphasising both representations of her prophetic mission and debates about her authenticity as a medium of divine revelation. It illuminates Birgitta's view of herself as a prophet of moral reform by explaining how her Revelations depict her religious mission and place in salvation history, going on to reconstruct interactions between Birgitta and her contemporaries, including the significance of her prophetic authority vis-a-vis the priestly authority of her male clerical associates. Finally, it analyses arguments about women's suitability for mediating the divine word in posthumous attacks and defences of her claims to prophesy. Through a close examination of Birgitta's lengthy Revelations, canonization documents, and texts by her posthumous defenders and detractors, this study demonstrates that members of her audience perceived her to be both a vibrant source of supernatural power and a dangerous transgressor of conventional boundaries. Informed by sociological studies of prophetic authority, it contributes to our knowledge of Birgitta herself as well as to our understanding of the dynamics of women's spiritual authority. Professor CLAIRE SAHLIN teaches at Texas Woman's University. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Scandinavian Studies, published by Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study on December 22, 1998. The length of the article is 1403 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Everyday Life Philosophers: Modernity, Morality, and Autobiography in Norway.(Review) (book reviews)
Author: Linda Haverty Rugg
Publication: Scandinavian Studies (Refereed)
Date: December 22, 1998
Publisher: Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study
Volume: 70Issue: 4Page: 526(1)

Article Type: Book Review

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This digital document is an article from Scandinavian Studies, published by Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study on September 22, 2003. The length of the article is 10440 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Snorri and his death: youth, violence, and autobiography in Medieval Iceland.
Author: Armann Jakobsson
Publication: Scandinavian Studies (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 2003
Publisher: Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study
Volume: 75Issue: 3Page: 317(24)

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This digital document is an article from Scandinavian Studies, published by Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study on December 22, 1999. The length of the article is 1439 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Paul Schach, a German philologist, concentrated on Pennsylvania German throughout most of his career. He was also very interested in Iceland, and he translated many Icelandic tales, myths and sagas.

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Title: In Memoriam Paul Schach, 1915-1998.(Obituary)
Author: George C. Schoolfield
Publication: Scandinavian Studies (Refereed)
Date: December 22, 1999
Publisher: Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study
Volume: 71Issue: 4Page: 507

Article Type: Obituary

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This digital document is an article from Scandinavian Studies, published by Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study on June 22, 2003. The length of the article is 988 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Son of the Sun is dead: a commemoration of Nils-Aslak Valkeapaa.(Obituary)
Author: Harald Gaski
Publication: Scandinavian Studies (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 2003
Publisher: Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study
Volume: 75Issue: 2Page: 149(4)

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Diane Watt sets aside the conventional hiatus between the medieval and early modern periods in her study of women's prophecy, following the female experience from medieval sainthood to radical Protestantism. The English women prophets and visionaries whose voices are recovered here all lived between the twelfth and the seventeenth centuries and claimed, through the medium of trances and eucharistic piety, to speak for God. They include Margery Kempe and the medieval visionaries, Elizabeth Barton (the Holy Maid of Kent), the Reformation martyr Anne Askew and other godly women described in John Foxe's Acts and Monuments, and Lady Eleanor Davies as an example of a woman prophet of the Civil War. The strategies women devised to be heard and read are exposed, showing that through prophecy they were often able to intervene in the religious and political discourse of the their times: the role of God's secretary gave them the opportunity to act and speak autonomously and publicly. Winner of Foster Watson Memorial Gift for 1998. DIANE WATT is Professor of English at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. ... Read more

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The most important new book about women visionaries
This groundbreaking, scholarly and beautifully-written volume argues for a tradition in women's religious prophecy from the Middle Ages into the modern era.It includes detailed studies of Margery Kempe, ElizabethBarton, Anne Askew, and Lady Eleanor Davies.It is essential reading forstudents and scholars working in the fields of literature, history,theology, and women's studies.I recommend anyone working in these areasto buy it. ... Read more

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Excellent, concise and informative!
Michael Roberts is perhaps the leading authority on Swedish history today, and this book is extremely well written. The writing style is clear, detailed and easy to understand; one is not bogged down in a slough of meaningless facts. What is brilliant about this book as well, is that Roberts carefully places Sweden and the actions of Gustavus in context with the events happening in Europe. It covers every aspect of Gustavus Adolphus and his reign; there are in-depth chapters on Gustavus' foreign policy, the domestic and important military reform that he carried out, the king as a person etc. Roberts has also painstakingly gone through many Swedish primary sources as well; the book is written by a historian who has definitely done all the hard work to get the facts right, and more besides. This is a book I would recommend without hesitation to anyone studying Swedish history. ... Read more