Papers by Phyllis R Brown
Brepols Publishers eBooks, 2010
One manuscript produced in Saxony late in the tenth century or early in the eleventh, the Emmeram... more One manuscript produced in Saxony late in the tenth century or early in the eleventh, the Emmeram-Munich Codex, provide nearly everything that is known about Hrotsvit. She was a canoness at the imperial abbey of Gandersheim, who in the second half of the tenth century wrote eight religious verse narratives, a brief prayer in verse, six plays, a poem depicting scenes from the Apocalypse, and two biographical/historical verse narrative -all in Latin
The Medieval Review, Mar 1, 1998
University of Toronto Press eBooks, Jan 31, 2004
... i More than half a century later Hrotsvit's Gesta Ottonis inspired a his-torical account... more ... i More than half a century later Hrotsvit's Gesta Ottonis inspired a his-torical account of the life of Adelheid, Otto's second wife, by Gertrud Baumer (1873-1954). ... Baumer grew up near Magdeburg, located about 100 miles from Gandersheim and Quedlinburg. ...
Renaissance Quarterly, 2020
BRILL eBooks, 2013
Hrotsvit wrote stories, plays, and histories during the reign of Emperor Otto the Great (962-973)... more Hrotsvit wrote stories, plays, and histories during the reign of Emperor Otto the Great (962-973). Twelve original essays survey her work, showing historical roots and contexts, Christian values, and a surprisingly modern grappling with questions of identity and female self-realization.
University of Toronto Press eBooks, Jan 31, 2004
University of Toronto Press eBooks, Jan 31, 2004
... t wish to lie./I am born of the same parents as my sisters, imbued by the same sacraments, st... more ... t wish to lie./I am born of the same parents as my sisters, imbued by the same sacraments, strengthened by the same firmness of faith. ... 17 In the Vulgate text of Exodus 2: 22, for instance, Moses's wife Sephora says, after naming a son Gersam (meaning'a stranger there'),'advena ...
At the foot of the Otto-Mathilda Cross (Cathedral Treasury, Essen, late tenth century), a small e... more At the foot of the Otto-Mathilda Cross (Cathedral Treasury, Essen, late tenth century), a small enamel depicts the siblings Mathilda and Otto, grandchildren of Otto the Great, niece and nephew of Otto II. They were contemporaries of Hrotsvit of Gandersheim and related by blood to her abbess, Gerberga II. The inscription gives their historical identities: "Abbess [of the Essen convent]" and "Duke [of Swabia]," but neither their courtly garments nor any insignia connects them to office. Otto, for example, does not wear a sword. They are shown equal in height, parallel in posture, and physically linked by the shaft of the cross which they jointly hold. Both of Otto's hands touch it, although loosely; Mathilda grasps it strongly with her left hand and gestures with her right either to Otto in salutation, or to Christ Crucified, directly above, in homage. Iconographic interpretation is not certain. The cross represented in the enamel differs in form (Greek) from the (Latin) cross of which it is part, so that the donation of this cross to Essen is apparently not depicted. Recent scholarship reads the image symbolically. With the death of Otto in 982, the male Ottonian line in Swabia came to its end and both its material wealth, and responsibility for the veneration and commemoration of the family, passed to Mathilda. The enamel may therefore represent this posthumous passage from Otto (hands relinquishing their hold) to Mathilda (seizing firmly). This picture of Ottonian siblings, a woman and a man equal in dignity and highly placed in the political and ecclesiastical orders, evokes the larger context of Hrotsvit's writing. (Photographs used by permission of the Cathedral Treasury, Essen.
University of Toronto Press eBooks, Jan 31, 2004
... (Wiegand, 111) Similarly, in Pelagius, the Saracen Abd al-Rahman contrasts with the Christian... more ... (Wiegand, 111) Similarly, in Pelagius, the Saracen Abd al-Rahman contrasts with the Christians who have been set on fire by Christ's love:'Quo rex comperto fervebat d? monis ira/Corde gerens veterem serpentis denique bilem' (97-8),'Hearing this, set afire, the king burned with ...
The three Cs, competence, conscience, and compassion, are fundamental to Santa Clara University's... more The three Cs, competence, conscience, and compassion, are fundamental to Santa Clara University's distinctive identity as a Jesuit and Catholic university. However, a fourth C, community-and communities within communities-provides a context for conscience formation through dialogue and critical engagement not only with the academic subject matter of course work but also outside the classroom with the wicked problems facing humanity. 1his chapter will explore ways individuals and programs at Santa Clara University (SCU) invite students to experience communities in classroom and co-curricular settings that encourage dialogue, critical engagement, and social consciousness aimed at fostering the greater good. This engagement is not limited to Catholic social consciousness and most often does not result in formation in the usual religious sense. Rather it is central to SCU's goal of "a community that is enriched by people of different backgrounds, respectful of the dignity of all its members, enlivened by
... 16 Althof,'Gandersheim und Quedlinburg'; Goetting, Das Bistum Hildesheim 1, 81-5. P... more ... 16 Althof,'Gandersheim und Quedlinburg'; Goetting, Das Bistum Hildesheim 1, 81-5. Page 43. 26 Jay T. Lees 17 Bruhl, Deutschland-Frankreich, 419-27. ... 6, pp. 155-6; sect. 9, p. 161. 38 Schutte, Untersuchungen zu den Lebensbeschreihungen, 104-10. ...
Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education, 2010
... In her exemplificatory use of hagiography as well as her utilization of Eastern sources, Hrot... more ... In her exemplificatory use of hagiography as well as her utilization of Eastern sources, Hrotsvit stands in ... Moreover, the narrator's commentary on the martyr's eloquence, cour-age, and alterity in these legends ... process which-if the life is to gain adherents for the cult figure-must ...
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