Files

Download

Download Full Text (58.5 MB)

Document Type

Edition and/or Translation

Description

Ava is the first woman whose name we know who wrote in German. She wrote her poem - or poems - on the lives of John the Baptist and Jesus Christ sometime early in the twelfth century, no later than 1127. It seems certain that she was a layperson, and her work reflects a level of learning that raises all sorts of interesting questions about the education of the laity, especially the education of lay woman, and about the nature of authorship in the Middle Ages, generally and particularly in medieval Germany.

Publication Date

7-1-2003

Publisher

Medieval Institute Publications

City

Kalamazoo

ISBN

9781580445016

Keywords

Biblical poetry; Middle High German Poetry

Disciplines

Biblical Studies | German Literature | History of Religion | Medieval History | Medieval Studies

Comments

For more information or to buy this book, please follow the "Buy this book" link above.

Additional formats available:

Paperback: 9781580440370

Citation for Published Book

Rushing, James, ed. Ava's New Testament Narratives. By Ava. Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute Publications, 2003.

Ava's New Testament Narratives:

Share

COinS