Medievalists.net » St. Birgitta of Sweden http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Looking in the Past for a Discourse of Motherhood: Birgitta of Sweden and Julia Kristeva http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/12/looking-in-the-past-for-a-discourse-of-motherhood-birgitta-of-sweden-and-julia-kristeva/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/12/looking-in-the-past-for-a-discourse-of-motherhood-birgitta-of-sweden-and-julia-kristeva/#comments Sun, 12 Jan 2014 11:16:36 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46603 This essay explores two parallel trajectories of mythic retrospection: medieval “myths” of the Biblical past (like Birgitta’s prophetic visions), and modern “myths” of the medieval past (like Kristeva’s survey).

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/12/looking-in-the-past-for-a-discourse-of-motherhood-birgitta-of-sweden-and-julia-kristeva/feed/ 0 THE CHRISTIAN KINGDOM AS AN IMAGE OF THE HEAVENLY KINGDOM ACCORDING TO ST. BIRGITTA OF SWEDEN http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/30/the-christian-kingdom-as-an-image-of-the-heavenly-kingdom-according-to-st-birgitta-of-sweden/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/30/the-christian-kingdom-as-an-image-of-the-heavenly-kingdom-according-to-st-birgitta-of-sweden/#comments Mon, 31 Dec 2012 01:22:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38420 The thesis of this study is that her task was to start a great work of reform in the church, beginning with the personal conversion of the individuals responsible for the wellbeing of the community and gradually involving all Christians. She intended this reform to prepare society for the second coming of Christ.

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