The revelations of St. Birgitta of Sweden, iv: The heavenly emperor's book to kings, the rule, and minor works

摘要

Morris, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015, ISBN 9780195166286, £47.99. This volume concludes the massive translation project begun in 1999 by Denis Searby (translations) and Bridget Morris (introductions and notes). Their four-volume series of the complete corpus of St. Birgitta's texts, published by Oxford University Press, offers a definitive, high quality resource that truly changes the field for scholars by opening up all Birgitta's writings through English translation. Here they present the materials that were incorporated into the central corpus in time for the saint's canonization in 1391: Book VIII of the Liber caelestis {The heavenly emperor's book to kings) and its prologue, The rule of St. Saviour, the angel's discourse, the four prayers, and the Extravagant revelations; as well as several additional short texts that were never part of the main corpus.