Anchoress and Abbess in Ninth-Century Saxony ISBN: 9780813217147 Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / The Catholic University of America Press Digital rights:Users: Unlimited; Printing: Chapters; Download: Chapters Subjects: Monastic and religious life of women; Women saints; Christian women;
In the growing field of early medieval texts in translation, this book presents the first full English translations of the Lives of Liutbirga of Wendhausen, the first anchoress in Saxony, and Hathumoda, the first abbess of Gandersheim.