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The Revelations of St. Birgitta of Sweden: Volume I: Liber Caelestis, Books I-III

Denis Searby and Bridget Morris

Print publication date: 2006

Print ISBN-13: 9780195166446

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2006

DOI: 10.1093/0195166442.001.0001

General Introduction

Chapter:
(p. 3 ) General Introduction
Source:
The Revelations of St. Birgitta of Sweden: Volume I
Author(s):

Denis Searby

Bridget Morris

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/0195166442.003.0001

This introductory chapter begins with a brief historical background of St. Birgitta of Sweden. It then describes her position as one of the truly forceful prophetic voices of the 14th century, her writings, and the revelations during Birgitta's life. The chapter then considers the translation of Revelationes, and the style of revelation texts.

Keywords:   Revelationes, revelation texts, manuscripts, translation

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