Meditations on the Incarnation, Passion, and Death of Jesus Christ

by Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg

Book Overview

Read by Protestants and Catholics alike, Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg (1633-94) was the foremost German woman poet and writer in the seventeenth-century German-speaking world. Privileged by her social station and education, she published a large body of religious writings under her own name to a reception unequaled by any other German woman during her lifetime. But once the popularity of devotional writings as a genre waned, Catharina's works...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226864898
• ISBN13: 9780226864891
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"