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Table of Contents

Spirituality and Politics in the Works of Hrotsvit of Gandersheim

by Stephen L. Wailes

Acknowledgments 9
Abbreviations 11
  Introduction 17
     
 
Part I. Stories
 
1. Mary 39
2.
The Ascension of the Lord
51
3.
Gongolf
56
4.
Pelagius
68
5.
Theophilus
79
6. Basilius 88
7. Dionysius 98
8. Agnes 110
 
Part II. Plays
 
9. The Conversion of Gallicanus, General of the Army 127
10. Agape, Chionia, and Hirena 139
11. Drusiana and Calimachus 147
12. Mary 164
13. Thais 181
14. Sapientia 190
 
Part III. Histories
 
15. The Deeds of Otto (Gesta Ottonis) 205
16. The Beginnings of the Convent of Gandersheim (Primordia coenobii Gandeshemensis) 217
17. Hrotsvit's Primordia: A Retractatio of Her Gesta Conclusion 228
  Conclusion 233
 
 
  Notes 240
  Bibliography 277
 
Index
284

 

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