Elisabeth
und kein Ende ....
Zum Nachleben der heiligen Elisabeth von Thüringen.
[Editor: Andreas Meyer]
The 800th birthday of St Elizabeth of Thuringia (1207–1231)
was celebrated in different places in many ways, not least in Marburg,
the last working place of the saint. The "Marburg Center of
Medieval History" devoted itself particularly to the continued
aftermath of Elizabeth: one centered around the reliquaries and
their eventful history, the other with regard to other forms of
Elisabeth-reception, working out many aspects of religious, social
and mental history and showing the continuous popularity of the
person of Elizabeth and relevance of their work.
In detail, the first part contains
the article written by Ralf Schmidt on the agate-cup of the Stockholm
Crown-reliquary, in which the author advances an interesting and
well-reasoned argument concerning the origin of the used agate;
the reprint of the sold-out text by Erika Dinkler-von Schubert
on the shrine to St Elizabeth in Marburg;
the essay by Rita Amedick on the gemstone-jewelry of the same shrine
that testifies international relations in the era of the Crusades.
In the second part
Christine Reinle deals with male action attributed to the field
of the religio in the surroundings of St Elizabeth (Landgrave Louis
III, Hermann I, Louis IV, Henry Raspe, Conrad IV);
Ingrid Kloerss turns towards Beguines in Marburg (13th–14th
cent.) – usually in conjunction with the Teutonic Order, and
examines their social origin, marital and legal status and financial
circumstances;
and finally, Bianca Nassauer devotes herself to the afterlife of
St Elizabeth in the musical practice of the 19th century by analysing
two examples, namely the oratorios of Franz Liszt and Heinrich Müller
Fidelis.
This volume is enclosed with a DVD containing colored overall and
detailed views of the Elizabeth-reliquaries in Marburg, Stockholm
and Bendorf-Sayn, reuniting the surviving contemporary Elizabeth-reliquaries
at least virtually for the first time in more than 750 years –
not only to please the reader, but also to promote research. In
addition, the volume contains the exemplary iconographic description
and explanation of the Marburg shrine of St Elizabeth as well as
the history of the reliquaries since their manufacture.
A publication of the
Marburg Centre of Medieval Studies
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