Skip to main content

Mechthild von Magdeburg

  • Mechthild of Magdeburg
  • Mathilde de Magdebourg
Sort Name
Mechthild von Magdeburg
Ratings
No reviews
Type
Person
Gender
Female
Date of birth
?
Place of birth
?

Wikipedia

Mechthild (or Mechtild, Matilda, Matelda) of Magdeburg (c. 1207 – c. 1282/1294), a Beguine, was a Christian medieval mystic, whose book Das fließende Licht der Gottheit (The Flowing Light of Divinity) is a compendium of visions, prayers, dialogues and mystical accounts. She was the first mystic to write in Low German.

Continue reading at Wikipedia... Wikipedia content provided under the terms of the Creative Commons BY-SA license

Annotation

Mechthild (or Mechtild, Matilda, Matelda) of Magdeburg (c. 1207 – c. 1282/1294), a Beguine, was a Christian medieval mystic.

Last modified: 2020-10-29 (revision #38353)

Editions


Add Edition

There are no Editions yet!

Help us complete BookBrainz


Not sure what to do? Visit the help page to get started.

Relationships

Identifiers

LibraryThing Author
magdeburgmechthildof
VIAF
267191779
Wikidata ID
Q269687

Related Collections

This entity does not appear in any public collection.
Click the "Add to collection" button below to add it to an existing collection or create a new one.

Add Work

Reviews No reviews

No reviews yet.


Last Modified
2024-05-01