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(0)Henrike Lähnemann
Author
Publisher
Open Book Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
"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 and as a community? How did they maintain contact...
Author
Publisher
Open Book Publishers
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
"The Book of Judith tells the story of a fictitious Jewish woman beheading Holofernes, the general of a powerful army, to free her people. The story has fascinated artists and authors for centuries, and is becoming a major field of research in its own right. The Sword of Judith is the first multidisciplinary collection of essays to discuss representations of Judith throughout the centuries. Bringing together scholars from around the world, it transforms...
Publisher
De Gruyter
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Der Band untersucht die komplexen Beziehungen zwischen Hymnus und Gebet in Mittelalter und Früher Neuzeit. Der Fokus liegt auf den vielfältigen Adaptationen lateinischer Hymnen und Sequenzen für den Gebrauch in der volkssprachlichen Andacht. Wie verhalten sich Hymnus und Gebet gattungstypisch zueinander? Welche Formen und Funktionen nehmen volkssprachliche Bearbeitungen liturgischer Lieder in ihren jeweiligen pragmatischen Umgebungen an? Die Fallstudien,...