St. Birgitta of Sweden

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Blunt, John Henry. Introduction to The Myroure of Oure Ladye, edited by John Henry Blunt, pp. vii-xlvii. New York: N. Trübner & Co., 1873.

Contains a historical account of the Birgittine monastery at Sion and a summary of the life of St. Birgitta.

Butkovich, Anthony. Iconography: St. Birgitta of Sweden. Los Angeles: Ecumenical Foundation of America, 1969, 102 p.

Includes a collection of images of St. Birgitta accompanied by brief biographical and historical anecdotes.

——. Revelations: Saint Birgitta of Sweden. Los Angeles: Ecumenical Foundation of America, 1972, 110 p.

Recounts the life of St. Birgitta, paying particular attention to her role in political decisions of courts and the Church.

Cnattingius, Hans. Studies in the Order of St. Bridget of Sweden I: The Crisis of the 1420's. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1963, 181 p.

Examines the characteristics and early history of the monasteries of the Birgittine order.

Hogg, James. "St. Birgitta's Revelations Reduced to a Book of Pious Instruction." In Vox Mystica: Essays on Medieval Mysticism, edited by Anne Clark Bartlett, pp. 201-29. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1995.

Explores the history of St. Birgitta's Revelations and offers summaries of the various books that make up this collective work.

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