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Mechthild of Magdeburg

(Mechthild, of Magdeburg, approximately 1212-approximately 1282)

Kath. Pfarrkirche St. Gordian und Epimachus, Merazhofen, Stadt Leutkirch im Allgäu, Landkreis Ravensburg
Chorgestühl, 1896, Bildhauer: Peter Paul Metz

Mechthild von Magdeburg

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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. (From Wikipedia)

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Of Six Mediaeval Women: To Which is Added, A Note on Mediaeval Gardens (London: Macmillan and Co., 1913), by Alice Kemp-Welch (multiple formats at archive.org)

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Of six mediaeval women; to which is added A note on mediaeval gardens (MacMillan, 1913), by Alice Kemp-Welch (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Mechtilde de Magdebourg (1207-1282) : étude de psychologie religieuse. (H. Champion, 1926), by Jeanne Ancelet-Hustache (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Die Sprache der deutschen Mystik des Mittelalters im Werke der Mechthild von Magdeburg. (E. Reinhardt, 1926), by Grete Lüers (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Studien zu Mechthild von Magdeburg. (1907), by Hubert Stierling (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Studien zu Mechtkild von Magdeburg. (Fehrle & Sippel, 1907), by Hubert Stierling (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Matelda and the cloister of Hellfde : extracts from the Book of Matilda of Magdeburg, by of Magdeburg Mechthild, trans. by Frances Bevan (Gutenberg ebook)
Of Six Mediæval Women; To Which Is Added A Note on Mediæval Gardens, by Alice Kemp-Welch (Gutenberg ebook)

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Mechthild, of Magdeburg, approximately 1212-approximately 1282: Das fliessende Licht der Gottheit (Oesterheld, 1907), also by Sigmund Simon (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Mechthild, of Magdeburg, approximately 1212-approximately 1282: Offenbarungen der Schwester Mechthild von Magdeburg. (G. J. Manz, 1869), also by Gallus Morel (page images at HathiTrust)

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