Publication
Imprint: New York : Paulist Press, c1990. Responsibility: Saint Birgitta of Sweden, collected in the 14th century by Petrus Olai of Alvastra ; edited with a preface by Marguerite Tjader Harris ; translation from the original Latin and notes by Albert Ryle Kezel ; introduction by Tore Nyberg.. OCLC Number: 20722475. Physical: Text : 1 volume : x, 350 pages ; 23 cm. Features: Includes bibliography, index, notes.
Call number
GT-C-C / Birgi
ISBN
9780809131396
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Description: Like Joan of Arc, Birgitta experienced a repeated and insistent visionary call to public action. Her task was to reawaken the Church's attention to the essential things of God; and, in her vividly colorful writings, she has left to the world an exemplary record of her own perseverance in prayer. Knut Westman, a major authority on St. Birgitta, says of her: "Birgitta is of another kind of religion: personal, vocational, mystical, recognized by its strong ethical attitude, its visions of God's work through history, and the consciousness of being called to a task... Such a life cannot be explained as a product of known factors."
Contained in this volume are four key documents of Birgittine literature. This translation, done by a translator with a sensitivity of style and with genuine understanding of the Birgittine world, gives a perfect picture of the Latin original and its fluent diction. -- from publisher
Table of Contents:
The life of Blessed Birgitta / by Prior Peter and Master Peter --
The fifth book of revelations, or, Book of questions --
The seventh book of revelations --
Four prayers.
FY2012 /
Contained in this volume are four key documents of Birgittine literature. This translation, done by a translator with a sensitivity of style and with genuine understanding of the Birgittine world, gives a perfect picture of the Latin original and its fluent diction. -- from publisher
Table of Contents:
The life of Blessed Birgitta / by Prior Peter and Master Peter --
The fifth book of revelations, or, Book of questions --
The seventh book of revelations --
Four prayers.
FY2012 /
Physical description
x, 350 p.; 23 cm
Description
This was the massive, simplified structure which had been built on Birgitta's orders, using the foundations and the walls of the castle given to her by King Magnus.
Original language
Latin