This page presents our research project The Legacy of Birgitta of Sweden: Women, Politics, and Reform in Renaissance Italy.
Operating as usual
13/11/2019
Last week the project group had a look at a remarkable manuscript from the late 15th century, an Italian translation of book eight of Birgitta’s Revelations (Liber celestis imperatoris ad reges; Oslo, Nasjonalbiblioteket, fol. 1992). The manuscript is digitized in its entirety and can be read online at The National Library of Norway: https://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digimanus_214694
24/05/2019
Thank you, Tamar Herzig for your wonderful talk, “Renaissance Prophetesses and Female Mystics” at University of Oslo!
15/01/2019
A compelling article in The Spectator on Birgitta and her influence on Piero della Francesca’s Nativity scene! Thanks to Virginia Cox for sending this to us!
The fascinating story behind one of the best-loved depictions of the Nativity | The Spectator In the early 1370s an elderly Scandinavian woman living in Rome had a vision of the Nativity. Her name was Birgitta Birgersdotter, and she was later venerated as St Bridget of Sweden. In her account…
29/12/2018
St. Birgitta, sculpture in birch wood from Övertorneå church, Sweden. Photo: Hans Aili.
Today we're launching the Legacy of Birgitta database! Have a look at the interactive map and all the info on manuscripts, printed books, people and works!
Legacy of Birgitta Birgitta of Sweden (1303–1373) was one of the most prolific religious visionaries of her time, with an impact on literature that extended well into the Renaissance and further.
18/12/2018
Ansano di Michele Ciampanti: La Vierge et l'Enfant en trône entre saint Jean l'Ëvangéliste et sainte Brigitte de Suède avec deux anges, on wood, ca. 1495–1500. Musée du Louvre. Thanks to Elissa B. Weaver!
17/12/2018
From Yonge Street, Toronto. Thanks to Marco Faini for letting us use these pictures!