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Mother. Matilda of Savoy. Mechthild of the Palatinate (1418–1482) was a princess and major patroness of the literary arts in the 15th century. [1] Born to Ludwig III, Elector Palatine and Matilda of Savoy, she was married by the age of 15 to Ludwig I, Count of Württemberg-Urach. [1]
- 1482 (aged 63–64)
- Matilda of Savoy
Medieval German mystic poet Mechthild of Magdeburg was born into a noble family. She experienced her first religious vision at the age of 12, and apparitions appeared to her daily thereafter. In 1230, she left her home to become a beguine, one of a group of evangelical women who took vows together…
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.
- c. 1207
- The Flowing Light of Divinity
- c. 1282 – c. 1294
- Medieval philosophy
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Mechtild of Magdeburg (c. 1207–c. 1282) German Christian mystic and Beguine whose writing describes the love affair between God and her soul . Name variations: Mechtild von Magdeburg; Mechthild of Magdeburg; Mechthild von Magdeburg; Mechtilde de Magdebourg. Pronunciation: MECH-tild of MAG-de-berg.
1212–1281. Mystic. Spiritual writer. A Visionary BÉguine. Mechthild of Magdeburg was a German spiritual writer as well as a great mystic of the thirteenth century. She came from a noble Saxon family but rejected her heritage for an existence of simplicity and prayer.
Mechthild of the Palatinate (1418–1482) was a princess and major patroness of the literary arts in the 15th century. Born to Ludwig III, Elector Palatine, she was married by the age of 15 to Ludwig I, Count of Württemberg-Urach.
This article presents an introduction to the rhetoric of eroticism and. pain in the theology of medieval mystic, Mechthild of Magdeburg (c. 1208-c. 1282/94), author of The Flowing Light of the Godhead. AA survey of select texts from TFL is presented, with a focused anal-. ysis of Book IV, Chapter 12, where pain is cast in the role of a.
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