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Vita Elisabethis monialis in Erkenrode
Century: 13
Hagiography
Latin
Dioc. Liège
County of Looz
INCIPIT
Proloog: Quoniam, ut legitur in Ecclesiastico...-- Corpus: Sciendum igitur est quod praefata puella...
EXPLICIT
...necessario claudit stilum.
Sex: M- Bio: Abbot of Clairvaux-Status author (order, function): Cistercian Monks (SOCist)
EDITING
Location: / - Date:1267 (13th century) - Commission: /
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ABSTRACT
Life of Elisabeth of Spaalbeek. Detailed report written by the abbot of Clairvaux after having investigated the history of Elisabeth's stigmatisation during a visit to the abbey of Herkenrode in the spring of 1267.
SOURCES
INFLUENCE
MANUSCRIPTS
Basel, Universitätsbibliothek
Brussel/Bruxelles, Koninklijke Bibliotheek/Bibliothèque Royale
Trier, Stadtbibliothek
TRANSLATIONS
EDITIONS
Vita Elizabeth sanctimonialis in Erkenrode, Ordinis Cisterciensis, Leodiensis dioecesis, in: Catalogus codicum hagiographicorum bibliothecae Regiae Bruxellensis, I (Brussel, 1886) 362-378
LITERATURE
Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 2484
BROWN (J.N.), Three Women of Liège. A Critical Edition of and Commentary on the Middle English Lives of Elizabeth of Spalbeek, Christina Mirabilis, and Marie d’Oignies (Turnhout, 2008) 1-25, 27-50, 191-217
BUSSELS (A.), 'Was Elisabeth van Spalbeek Cisterciënzerin in Herkenrode?', in: Cîteaux in de Nederlanden, 2 (1951) 43-54
DEPLOIGE (J.), 'Intériorisation religieuse et propagande hagiographique dans les Pays-Bas méridionaux du 11e au 13e siècle', Revue d'Histoire Ecclésiastique, 94 (1999) 808-831
ELLIOTT (D.), ‘Flesh and Spirit: The Female Body’, in: A. Minnis, R. Voaden, eds. Medieval Holy Women in the Christian Tradition c. 1100- c. 1500 (Turnhout, 2010) 13-46 (26-27)
GEENEN (G.), 'Elisabetta di Spaalbeek', in: Biblioteca Sanctorum, IV (Rome, 1964) 1100-1109
HENDRIX (G.),'Hadewijch benaderd vanuit de tekst over de 22e volmaakte', in: Leuvense bijdragen, 67 (1978) 129-145
NJUS (J.), ‘The Politics of Mysticism: Elisabeth of Spalbeek in Context’, in: Church History, 77 (2008) 285-317
POTTHAST (A.), Bibliotheca Historica Medii Aevi, Wegweiser durch die Geschichtswerke des europäischen Mittelalters bis 1500, II (Berlin, 1896) 1288
RODGERS (S.), ZIEGLER (J.E.), 'Elisabeth of Spalbeek's Trance Dance of Faith: A Performance Theory Interpretation from Anthropological and Art Historical Perspectives', in: M.A. Suydam, J.A. Ziegler, red. Performance and Transformation: New Approaches to Late Medieval Spirituality (New York, 1999) 299-355
SIMONS (W.), 'Reading a saint's body: rapture and bodily movement in the vitae of thirteenth-century beguines', in: S. Kay, M. Rubin, eds. Framing medieval bodies (Manchester/New York, 1994) 44927
SIMONS (W.), ‘Holy Women of the Low Countries: A Survey’, in: A. Minnis, R. Voaden, eds. Medieval Holy Women in the Christian Tradition c. 1100- c. 1500 (Turnhout, 2010) 625-662 (passim)
SIMONS (W.), Cities of Ladies. Beguine Communities in the Medieval Low Countries, 1200-1565 (Philadelphia, 2001) passim
SIMONS (W.), ZIEGLER (J.), 'Phenomenal Religion in the Thirteenth Century and its Image: Elisabeth of Spalbeek and the Passion Cult', in: Studies in Church History, 27 (1990) 117-126
SLEIDERINK (R.), ‘Een straf van God. Elisabeth van Spalbeek en de dood van de Franse kroonprins’, in: Madoc, 11 (1997) 42-53
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Contributor:
Véronique Lambert

Update:
2011-05-25 14:49:40

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