Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 3369
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Sahlin , Claire L.
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  • Title: Gender and Prophetic Authority in Birgitta of Sweden's "Revelations"
  • Source: Gender and Text in the Later Middle Ages.  Edited by Jane Chance.  University Press of Florida, 1996.  Pages 69 - 95.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Authority Bridget of Sweden, Saint- Revelationes Sanctae Birgittae Gender in Literature Prophecy Visions
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  • Related Resources: Claire L. Sahlin, in discussing Birgitta of Sweden, illustrates how much public power a mystic like her could, despite occasional accusations of being a witch, accumulate because she acquired the reputation of being a prophet like those in the Old Testame
  • Author's Affiliation: Harvard University (doctoral student )
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  • Year of Publication: 1996.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0813013917