Elisabeth of Schonau : A Twelfth-Century Visionary Book

	Acknowledgments
1	Introduction	1
	Medieval Women and Modern Research	1
	Reform and Religious Agenda in Mid-Twelfth-Century Germany	7
2	The Life of Elisabeth	11
3	The Visionary Texts and Collections	28
	The Visionary Texts	28
	The Development and Dissemination of the Visionary Corpus	45
4	Ekbert and the Visionary Books	50
5	The Visionary Experience of Elisabeth	68
	Prophecy and Tradition	68
	The Language of Vision	80
	Elisabeth as Prophet and Visionary	89
6	The Religious Vision of Elisabeth	101
	God, the Saints, and the Worlds Beyond	101
	The Path of Righteousness	117
	Conclusion. The Prophetic Voice of a Twelfth-Century Woman	129
	Appendix. The Transmission of Elisabeth's Works	137
	List of Abbreviations	147
	Notes	149
	Bibliography	191
	Index	205