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CONTENTS
ABBREVIATIONS, XIX
THE
ENTIRE BIRGITTINE CORPUS, XXI
BOOK
VIII:
THE
HEAVENLY
EMPEROR'S BOOK TO KINGS
INTRODUCTION, 3
THE
HERMIT'S LETTER TO KINGS, 15
CHAPTER
1 A TREATISE
ADDRESSED
TO KINGS IN
DEFENSE
OF
BIRGITTA
THAT OUTLINES HOW TO DISTINGUISH DIVINE FROM
DIABOLICAL VISIONS, 15
CHAPTER
2 A SET
OF
QUESTIONS TO EXAMINE THE CHARACTER
OF
THE
VISIONARY, 18
CHAPTER
3 THE THEORY IS APPLIED TO BIRGITTA'S CHARACTER, 20
CHAPTER
4 THE DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH BIRGITTA RECEIVED VISIONS
AND REVELATIONS, 24
CHAPTER
5
AN EXAMINATION
OF
THE CONTENT
OF
THE REVELATIONS
USING AUTHORITATIVE SOURCES, 27
CHAPTER
6
PROOF THAT HER VISIONS
WERE
AUTHENTIC AND NOT
DECEPTIONS
OF
THE
DEVIL,
32
CHAPTER
7 A RECAPITULATION
OF
THE
ABOVE,
40
CHAPTER
8 AN INTRODUCTION TO BOOK
VIII
WHICH IS A COMPILATION
AROUND A
SINGLE
THEME
ADDRESSED
TO KINGS AND
RULERS, 40
VLLL
CONTENTS
BOOK
VIII:
THE
HEAVENLY
EMPEROR'S BOOK TO KINGS, 43
CHAPTER
1 ECCLESIAL AND WORLDLY POWER IN THE GOVERNMENT
OF
THE WORLD
ARE REPRESENTED BY ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL, 43
CHAPTER
2 ON THE KING'S COUNSELORS, 45
CHAPTER
3 THE KING MUST DRESS WITH
DISTINCTION,
48
CHAPTER
4 TEN COUNSELS FOR THE KING, 48
CHAPTER
5 THE KING SHOULD FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE
OF
THE SAINTS AND
BE GIVEN THE
BEST
ADVISORS, 50
CHAPTER
6 HOW A KING MUST TREAT HIS SUBJECTS, 50
CHAPTER
7 A KING MUST HONOR GOD MORE, OR ELSE HIS KINGDOM
WILL
BE DIVIDED, 51
CHAPTER
8 A REVELATION DESCRIBING THE VIRGIN MARY'S BEAUTY, 51
CHAPTER
9 ABOUT A QUEEN
WHOSE
MARRIAGE WAS IRREGULAR, 52
CHAPTER
10 THE QUEEN IS LIKE A GNAWED APPLE CORE PLANTED IN A FOREIGN
LAND
TO BEAR
FRUIT,
52
CHAPTER
11 CHRIST COMMENTS ON THE MOTIVES
OF
THE KING AND QUEEN IN
ABSTAINING FROM SEXUAL RELATIONS, 53
CHAPTER
12 ADVICE FOR A HUSBAND AND FOR A QUEEN, 54
CHAPTER
13 THE
STRUGGLE
BETWEEN A GOOD AND A BAD SPIRIT IN THE
CONSCIENCE
OF
A
QUEEN, 54
CHAPTER
14 THE QUEEN MUST OBEY THE ADVICE GIVEN, 55
CHAPTER
15 ST.
AGNES
DESCRIBES A PROUD LADY IN A CARRIAGE AND ELABORATES
ON THE SYMBOLISM
OF
THE WHEELS, 55
CHAPTER
16 THE KING'S FAVORITE IS LIKE A WOLF; AND CONCERNING A QUEEN
WHO HAS FALLEN OUT OF FAVOR, 55
CHAPTER
17 THE KING HAS
SOUGHT
HELP FROM ABROAD TO GAIN
POLITICAL
INFLUENCE IN THIS KINGDOM; THIS MAN IS
LIKE
A FOX, 56
CHAPTER
18 A KING SHOULD HAVE EXCELLENT COUNSELORS; WITH
IMAGES
OF A FOREST OR DESERT
FULL
OF
WILD
ANIMALS
WITHIN
A
WALL,
57
CHAPTER
19 THE KING IS WARNED NOT TO PROMOTE ONE
OF
HIS
FAVORITE
COUNSELORS, 59
CHAPTER
20 THE KING WITH FIVE DEFECTIVE SERVANTS AND FIVE
EFFECTIVE ONES, 60
CONTENTS
IX
CHAPTER
21 THE
KING
MUST DISCIPLINE A MAN WHO HAS DERIDED
HIM,
61
CHAPTER
22 COUNSEL FOR THE YOUNG SON
OF
THE QUEEN
OF
CYPRUS, 61
CHAPTER
23 THE
PEOPLE
OF
CYPRUS MUST MEND THEIR WAYS, 61
CHAPTER
24 ON A DOCTOR, AND TWO IMPRISONED MEN, 62
CHAPTER
25 ST JOHN EXHORTS THE
KING
TO LEAD A BETTER
LIFE,
62
CHAPTER
26 ST. DENIS PRAYS FOR FRANCE, 62
CHAPTER
27 THE KINGS
OF
ENGLAND AND FRANCE ARE
LIKE
TWO FEROCIOUS
BEASTS, 62
CHAPTER
28 A PROPOSAL FOR
PEACE
BETWEEN ENGLAND AND FRANCE, 63
CHAPTER
29 A NOBLEMAN NAMED ISRAEL SHOULD NOT REJECT A POSITION IN
GOVERNMENT; ON HIS DEATH IN RIGA, 63
CHAPTER
30 THE
KING
SHOULD WORK TO REBUILD THE CHURCH, 63
CHAPTER
31 THE SUN AND MOON SINK INTO AN ABYSS AND A DRAGON RISES UP
FROM A SNAKE-INFESTED
EARTH,
63
CHAPTER
32 PETER AND PAUL ARE COMPARED
WITH
THE PRIESTHOOD AND THE
LAITY.
A NEW
RITUAL
FOR DUBBING KNIGHTS IS OUTLINED, 64
CHAPTER
33 ON DISSOLUTE KNIGHTS, 65
CHAPTER
34 ON THE KNIGHT'S ARMOR, 65
CHAPTER
35 A DUBBING
RITUAL
FOR KNIGHTS IS DESCRIBED, 65
CHAPTER
36 PROMISE
OF
REWARD TO KNIGHTS
IF
THEY
CONVERT TO A
GOOD WAY OF
LIFE,
65
CHAPTER
37 THE REWARDS
OF
TRUE
KNIGHTLY SERVICE ARE DESCRIBED BY FIVE
LEGIONS
OF
ANGELS, 66
CHAPTER
38 THE
KING
MUST ROOT OUT FORTUNE-TELLERS, 66
CHAPTER
39 THE SWEDISH
KING
ASKS FOR ADVICE
ABOUT
HIS CRUSADE AGAINST
THE
PAGANS,
66
CHAPTER
40 INFIDELS MUST BE OFFERED
PEACE
BEFORE
THE HAND
OF
JUSTICE IS
RAISED AGAINST THEM, 67
CHAPTER
41 ON THE RIGHTS
OF
SUCCESSION IN THE COUNTRY, 67
CHAPTER
42 ABOUT A
KING
ON A BATTLEFIELD, AND HIS SOLDIERS WHOSE HELMETS
ARE BACK TO FRONT, 68
CHAPTER
43 THE CRUSADING
KING
SHOULD HAVE TWO BANNERS, 68
CHAPTER
44 A
KING
OF SWEDEN IS INCLINED TO PURSUE HIS CRUSADE FOR
WORLDLY
REASONS, 68
X
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
45 THE
KING
SHOULD HAVE A FIXED NUMBER
OF
MEN ON HIS CRUSADE;
AND BE CAREFUL TO KEEP HIS PROMISE, 69
CHAPTER
46 THE CRUSADING BISHOP MUST BUILD A NEW
CHURCH,
69
CHAPTER
47 THE UNGRATEFUL
KING
OF
SWEDEN DID NOT OBEY GOD ON HIS
CRUSADE, AND RETURNED FROM THE CRUSADE AGAINST ADVICE, 70
CHAPTER
48 THE
TRINITY
APPEARS IN THE FORM
OF
A
PULPIT,
A GOLDEN BOOK,
AND THREE COLORED RAYS; AND ON THE FATE
OF
THREE
KINGS, 73
CHAPTER
49 ON A
KING
WHO LACKS COMPASSION FOR HIS SUBJECTS AND TAKES ON
POOR COUNSELORS, 89
CHAPTER
50 FOUR VIRTUOUS SISTERS ARE USURPED BY FOUR WORTHLESS
ONES,
91
CHAPTER
51 A
MESSAGE
FOR THE GERMAN EMPEROR TO SPREAD THE
MESSAGE
OF
BIRGITTA'S REVELATIONS AND WORK FOR RECOGNITION
OF
THE
RULE,
91
CHAPTER
52 THE EXCOMMUNICATED
KING
SHOULD SEEK ABSOLUTION DIRECTLY
FROM
THE POPE, 92
CHAPTER
53 THE
KING
MUST
VISIT
THE
POPE
WITH
TRUE WISDOM AND
HUMILITY,
92
CHAPTER
54 THE
KING
SHOULD CAST
OFF
FRIVOLITY
TO PREPARE FOR HIS
JOURNEY, 93
CHAPTER
55 BIRGITTA MUST NOT HESITATE TO MAKE KNOWN GOD'S
WORD,
94
CHAPTER
56 AN ANGEL AND A DEVIL DISPUTE OVER THE ADVICE THEY HAVE BOTH
GIVEN
TO A
LIVING KING;
AND THE KING'S SUBJECTS MAKE
COMPLAINTS AGAINST HIM FROM
HELL
AND PURGATORY, 95
CHAPTER
57 AFFLICTION HAS COME TO THE KINGDOM BECAUSE
OF
THREE
SINS,
102
CHAPTER
58 CHRIST IN MAJESTY BIDS ALL RANKS
OF
PEOPLE TO
LISTEN
TO HIS
MESSAGE,
103
THE
RULE
OF THE SAVIOR
INTRODUCTION,
109
FOREWORD
CHAPTER
I BIRGITTA RECEIVES HER REVELATIONS AND SUBMITS THEM TO CLERICAL
SCRUTINY,
123
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER
2
CHRIST
WILL
PLANT A NEW VINEYARD BECAUSE THE OLD ONES HAVE
BEEN
LAID
WASTE, 124
CONTENTS
XI
PROLOGUE
CONTINUED
CHAPTER
3 BIRGITTA
WILL
BE THE VINE, THAT
IS,
THE FOUNDRESS
OF
THE NEW
ORDER, 124
CHAPTER
1 CHRIST WANTS TO CREATE A RULE FOR NUNS, 125
CHAPTER
2 CHRIST FORBIDS THE OWNERSHIP
OF
PRIVATE
POSSESSIONS,
126
CHAPTER
3 ON
BEDS
AND BEDDING, 126
CHAPTER
4 ON THE NUNS' HABIT, 126
CHAPTER
5
ON THE DIVINE OFFICE AND THE OFFICE
OF
THE
VIRGIN,
127
CHAPTER
6 ON SILENCE, 128
CHAPTER
7 ON THE NUNS' SEPARATION FROM THE AFFAIRS
OF
THE
WORLD,
128
CHAPTER
8 ON THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE NUNS MAY COMMUNICATE
WITH
THE OUTSIDE
WORLD,
129
CHAPTER
9 ON FASTING, 129
CHAPTER
10 ON THE PROBATION AND RECEPTION
OF
NUNS, 130
CHAPTER
11 ON THE CEREMONY
OF
CONSECRATION, 131
CHAPTER
12 ON THE NUMBERS
OF
NUNS, PRIESTS, DEACONS, AND LAY BROTHERS
WITHIN
THE COMMUNITY, 134
CHAPTER
13 ON THE MEN'S CLOTHING AND THEIR CONSECRATION, 135
CHAPTER
14 ON THE ELECTION
OF
THE
ABBESS
AND GENERAL
CONFESSOR,
135
CHAPTER
15 ON THE BROTHER-PRIESTS' DUTIES IN PRAYER AND
PREACHING, 136
CHAPTER
16 ON CONFESSION, 136
CHAPTER
17 ON COMMUNION, 136
CHAPTER
18 ON THE CHAPTER, 137
CHAPTER
19 PROHIBITION ON THE RECEIPT
OF
GIFTS,
138
CHAPTER
20 ON DOWRIES, OFFERINGS, ALMS, AND DONATIONS, 138
CHAPTER
21 ON
ALTARS,
ORNAMENTS, AND LITURGICAL BOOKS, 140
CHAPTER
22 ON THE MINIMUM AGE FOR ADMISSION TO THE
ORDER, 141
CHAPTER
23 ON PIOUS WORK, 141
CHAPTER
24 ON THE EQUAL DISTRIBUTION
OF
FOOD, 141
XLL
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
25 THE MEANS
OF
COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN THE MALE AND
FEMALE CONVENTS, 142
CHAPTER
26 REGULATIONS FOR
VISITATIONS
BY THE BISHOP AND THE
KING,
142
CHAPTER
27 ON THE OPEN GRAVE IN THE
ABBEY,
143
CHAPTER
28 ON THE IMPORTANCE
OF
OBSERVING
THE RULE, 144
CHAPTER
29 ON THE MIRACULOUS WAY IN
WHICH
THE RULE WAS REVEALED
TO BIRGITTA, 144
CHAPTER
30
BIRGITTA
MUST
SEEK
PAPAL APPROVAL FOR HER RULE, 145
CHAPTER
31 BIRGITTA IS REASSURED
ABOUT
PAPAL APPROVAL AND THE
PROSPERITY
OF
THE ORDER, 146
THE
ANGEL'S DISCOURSE
INTRODUCTION,
153
PROLOGUE,
159
CHAPTER
I SUNDAY:
FIRST
READING, 160
CHAPTER
2 SUNDAY: SECOND READING, 162
CHAPTER
3 SUNDAY:
THIRD
READING, 163
CHAPTER
4 MONDAY:
FIRST
READING, 164
CHAPTER
5
MONDAY: SECOND READING, 165
CHAPTER
6 MONDAY:
THIRD
READING, 167
CHAPTER
7 TUESDAY:
FIRST
READING, 168
CHAPTER
8 TUESDAY: SECOND READING, 170
CHAPTER
9 TUESDAY:
THIRD
READING, 171
CHAPTER
10 WEDNESDAY:
FIRST
READING, 173
CHAPTER
11 WEDNESDAY: SECOND READING, 174
CHAPTER
12 WEDNESDAY:
THIRD
READING, 175
CHAPTER
13 THURSDAY:
FIRST
READING, 177
CHAPTER
14 THURSDAY: SECOND READING, 178
CHAPTER
15 THURSDAY:
THIRD
READING, 180
CHAPTER
16 FRIDAY:
FIRST
READING, 181
CHAPTER
17 FRIDAY: SECOND READING, 183
CHAPTER
18 FRIDAY:
THIRD
READING, 184
CHAPTER
19 SATURDAY:
FIRST
READING, 186
CONTENTS
XIII
CHAPTER
20 SATURDAY: SECOND READING, 188
CHAPTER
21 SATURDAY:
THIRD
READING, 190
THE
FOUR
PRAYERS
INTRODUCTION,
197
PRAYER ON CHRIST'S PASSION AND DEATH, 205
PRAYER TO CHRIST'S BODY, 207
PRAYER TO THE VIRGIN MARY, 209
PRAYER TO THE VIRGIN'S LIMBS, 212
EXTRAVAGANT
REVELATIONS
INTRODUCTION,
219
PROLOGUE
(GHOTAN), 229
SECOND PROLOGUE, 230
CHAPTER
1 CHRIST CALLS FOR
HUMILITY
AMONG THE NUNS AT VADSTENA, 231
CHAPTER
2 THE SICK SHOULD BE ALLOWED
EXTRA
BED-CLOTHES, 231
CHAPTER
3 THE MONASTIC COMMUNITY AT VADSTENA SHOULD CELEBRATE THE
GENERAL OFFICE AS WELL AS THE OFFICE
OF
THE
VIRGIN,
232
CHAPTER
4 ALL OSTENTATION IN THE NUNS' SINGING IS TO BE AVOIDED, 233
CHAPTER
5
PETRUS OF SKANNINGE IS ADVISED ON THE HYMNS WHICH HE
COMPOSED FOR THE OFFICE
OF
THE
VIRGIN,
234
CHAPTER
6 CHRIST PRAISES THE PIETY
OF
PETRUS OF SKANNINGE, 234
CHAPTER
7 REASSURANCE FOR THE
COMPOSER
OF
THE PRAYER
OF
PRAISE,
235
CHAPTER
8 BIRGITTA IS INSTRUCTED TO GO TO ROME;
ABOUT
HER LIFE IN ROME;
AND
ABOUT
THE HYMN "AVE MARIS STELLA," 235
CHAPTER
9 THE COMMUNITY AT VADSTENA MUST RECITE THE SEVEN PSALMS, 236
CHAPTER
10 ORGAN PLAYING IS PROHIBITED, 236
CHAPTER
11 UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES THE MONASTIC COMMUNITY MAY
SPEAK
WITH
OUTSIDERS OR LEAVE THE
ABBEY,
237
CHAPTER
12 ON READING
ALOUD,
RECREATION, AND STUDY AT THE
ABBEY,
238
CHAPTER
13 ON RULES FOR FASTING, 238
CHAPTER
14 DISPENSATIONS MAY BE GRANTED TO MEMBERS
OF
THE COMMUNITY
WHO ARE SICK, 239
CHAPTER
15 BATHS SHOULD BE TAKEN REGULARLY, 240
XIV CONTENTS
CHAPTER
16 THE PERIOD
OF
THE NOVITIATE MAY BE SHORTENED FOR
THOSE ABOUT
WHOM
THERE IS NO DOUBT, 240
CHAPTER
17 ON
HUMILITY,
OBEDIENCE, AND CAREFUL OBSERVATION
OF
THE RULE
FOR THE NUNS, 241
CHAPTER
18 THE MONKS MAY USE THE RITUALS
OF
THE DIOCESE WHERE THE ABBEY
IS
SITUATED, 241
CHAPTER
19 THE VIRGIN REASSURES BIRGITTA THAT SUFFICIENT NUMBERS OF
PEOPLE
WILL
APPLY TO JOIN THE PLANNED ORDER, 242
CHAPTER
20 ON THE STATUS
OF
THE ELECTED ABBESS, 243
CHAPTER
21
HUMILITY
IS AN ESSENTIAL VIRTUE IN THE ORDER DEDICATED TO THE
VIRGIN,
243
CHAPTER
22 ON THE PROCEDURE FOR CONSECRATING THE ABBESS, 244
CHAPTER
23 THE BRETHREN MUST PREACH IN A SIMPLE UNEMBELLISHED
STYLE, 245
CHAPTER
24 THE VIRGIN AND DEVIL ARGUE
ABOUT
THE LAND RIGHTS
OF
VADSTENA
ROYAL PALACE, 245
CHAPTER
25 VADSTENA, EARLIER A PLACE
OF INJUSTICE,
WOULD BE SANCTIFIED BY THE
NEW
ABBEY,
247
CHAPTER
26 MONASTIC BUILDINGS HAD STARTED TO BE BUILT ON THE ROYAL ESTATE
BUT WERE LATER DEMOLISHED, 247
CHAPTER
27 KING
MAGNUS
IS UNWORTHY
OF BUILDING
THE NEW
ABBEY,
248
CHAPTER
28 ABOUT THE MONASTIC CHURCH, 249
CHAPTER
29 BIRGITTA
SEES
THE FUTURE MONASTIC BUILDINGS AT VADSTENA, 251
CHAPTER
30 INSTRUCTIONS
ABOUT
A "HOUSE"
(I.E.,
A NEW MONASTERY), 252
CHAPTER
31 ON THE SYMBOLISM
OF
THE THREE DOORS IN THE MONASTIC
CHURCH,
252
CHAPTER
32 ON THE FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS REQUIRED TOWARD THE
COMPLETION OF A NEW
ABBEY,
253
CHAPTER
33 FOUR LAYMEN MAY BE DESIGNATED FOR WORLDLY MATTERS, 253
CHAPTER
34 GUIDANCE ON THE THIRTEEN ALTARS IN THE ABBEY
CHURCH,
254
CHAPTER
35 FOUR WOMEN AND TWO MEN MAY HELP IN THE KITCHENS, 256
CHAPTER
36 ON THE USE OF SPICES, 257
CHAPTER
37 WHERE THE SACRAMENT SHOULD BE KEPT AND HOW IT SHOULD BE
TAKEN TO SICK MEMBERS
OF
THE COMMUNITY, 257
CHAPTER
38 ON THE GRAVES WITHIN THE MONASTIC CHURCH AND IN THE
GRAVEYARD, 259
CONTENTS
XV
CHAPTER
39 THE VIRGIN PRAYS FOR THE
ABBEY
AT VADSTENA, 259
CHAPTER
40 ON THOSE WHO
WILL
FOLLOW THE MONASTIC RULE DICTATED BY
CHRIST,
261
CHAPTER
41 BIRGITTA IS INSTRUCTED TO TRAVEL TO
ROME
TO WORK FOR THE
ABBEY'S
FOUNDATION, 262
CHAPTER
42 BIRGITTA MUST
WRITE
TO THE GERMAN EMPEROR FOR APPROVAL
OF
THE RULE, 262
CHAPTER
43 KING
MAGNUS
IS INSTRUCTED TO TRAVEL TO
ROME
FOR THE REMISSION
OF
SINS AND TO OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR THE NEW ORDER, 263
CHAPTER
44
POPE
URBAN V IS URGED TO RATIFY THE BIRGITTINE RULE, 263
CHAPTER
45 PRIOR PETRUS
OF
ALVASTRA
IS INSTRUCTED TO WRITE DOWN THE
MONASTIC RULE, 263
CHAPTER
46 BIRGITTA IS INSTRUCTED TO DICTATE THE MONASTIC RULE TO PETRUS, 264
CHAPTER
47 GOD CALLS BIRGITTA TO BE HIS BRIDE AND MOUTHPIECE, 264
CHAPTER
48 AFTER
INITIAL
HESITATION PRIOR PETRUS
BECOMES
BIRGITTA'S
SECRETARY, 265
CHAPTER
49 CHRIST INSTRUCTS BIRGITTA TO LET ALFONSO EDIT AND CHECK ALL THE
REVELATIONS, 267
CHAPTER
50 CHRIST AND THE VIRGIN DISCUSS THE WORK OF SALVATION, 268
CHAPTER
51 INSTRUCTIONS TO THE SWEDISH ARCHBISHOP TO PROMOTE VARIOUS
MESSAGES,
270
CHAPTER
52 BIRGITTA ASKS THE VIRGIN'S HELP IN SELF-DISCIPLINE, 273
CHAPTER
53 CONCERNING BIRGITTA'S
SUMPTUOUS
BED, 273
CHAPTER
54 BIRGITTA'S HEART IS LIKE A POT
OF
DELICIOUS FOOD, 274
CHAPTER
55 BROTHER GEREKINUS AT ALVASTRA HAD APPARITIONS CONCERNING
BIRGITTA,
275
CHAPTER
56 BIRGITTA
SEES
HER HUSBAND IN PURGATORY, 276
CHAPTER
57 BIRGITTA'S TEMPTATIONS TO GLUTTONY, 277
CHAPTER
58 THREE
ASPECTS
OF
BIRGITTA'S FASTING, 278
CHAPTER
59 AN EPISODE CONCERNING THE RELICS OF ST LOUIS
OF
FRANCE, 279
CHAPTER
60 BIRGITTA GRANTS HER BODY THE
NECESSARY
REFRESHMENT, IN
OBEDIENCE
TO HER SPIRITUAL FATHER, 279
CHAPTER
61 BIRGITTA FOLLOWS
MAGISTER
MATHIAS'S ADVICE TO DRINK BETWEEN
MEALS, 280
CHAPTER
62 A DEVIL TEMPTS BIRGITTA TOWARD PRIDE, 281
XVI
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
63 THE VIRGIN PROMISES TO CARE FOR BIRGITTA AND TELLS HER TO OBEY
ST.
AGNES'S
INSTRUCTIONS AND HER SPIRITUAL LEADER'S ADVICE, 281
CHAPTER
64 ON THE TEMPTATIONS THAT CONCERN BIRGITTA AND HER
CIRCLE,
282
CHAPTER
65 HOW BIRGITTA'S SERVANTS SHOULD ARRANGE THEIR DAILY LIFE IN
ROME, 283
CHAPTER
66 WHILE RETURNING FROM SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA
WITH
HER
HUSBAND,
BIRGITTA IS TOLD THAT SHE
WILL
VISIT
THE HOLY LAND, 284
CHAPTER
67
BIRGITTA
IS COMFORTED BY THE
VIRGIN
SHORTLY BEFORE HER
DEATH,
285
CHAPTER
68 ON THE SAME OCCASION, THE VIRGIN EXPLAINS WHAT IT IS TO LIVE
AND DIE SPIRITUALLY, 285
CHAPTER
69 THE
VIRGIN
PRAISES KATHERINA ULFSDOTTER FOR
LIVING
VOLUNTARILY
IN
ROME
WITH
HER MOTHER, 286
CHAPTER
70 BIRGITTA GIVES ALMS TO
SOME
POOR PEOPLE, 287
CHAPTER
71 WHEN MASTER PETRUS
OF
SKAENNINGE WAS OVERCOME BY ROBBERS
HE SHOWED EXEMPLARY COURAGE, 287
CHAPTER
72 BEFORE HER HUSBAND'S DEATH BIRGITTA IS PROMISED FUTURE
SPIRITUAL
GIFTS, 288
CHAPTER
73 ADVICE FOR
KING
MAGNUS
ERIKSSON,
288
CHAPTER
74 A WARNING TO THE SWEDISH KNIGHTS; THE
KING
SHOULD SUPPORT
THE MONASTIC FOUNDATION, 289
CHAPTER
75 A
WORLDLY
NOBLEWOMAN IS THREATENED
WITH
PUNISHMENT AND
TOLD
TO LEAD A BETTER
LIFE,
290
CHAPTER
76 BIRIGTTA'S MAGISTER IS
TOLD
TO CONTINUE TO RAISE HIS VOICE, 291
CHAPTER
77 SWEDEN
WILL
UNDERGO PUNISHMENT, 292
CHAPTER
78 ON SIX KINGS, 292
CHAPTER
79 ADVICE FOR TWO MEN WHO MIGHT BECOME BISHOPS, 292
CHAPTER
80 A POLITICAL REVELATION IN WHICH FOUR NOBLEMEN ARE ENCOURAGED
TO RISE AGAINST THE
KING,
294
CHAPTER
81 BIRGITTA SMELLS AN UNPLEASANT ODOR IN THE PRESENCE
OF
EVIL
PEOPLE, 295
CHAPTER
82 A
CALL
FOR PEOPLE TO OBSERVE GOD'S JUSTICE AND MERCY AS
REVEALED IN HISTORY, 296
CHAPTER
83 ON THE SELFISHNESS AND WORLDLINESS
OF
LAYMEN,
PRIESTS, AND
PEOPLE IN HOLY ORDERS, 297
CHAPTER
84 AN
ARTIST
MAKES A GOLDEN IMAGE TO REPLACE ONE THAT IS RUINED
BY MOISTURE, 299
CONTENTS
XVII
CHAPTER
85 ADVICE AND GUIDANCE TO A CERTAIN BISHOP, 300
CHAPTER
86 ON LAUGHTER AND SORROW, 301
CHAPTER
87
FILLING
AN EMPTY BAG OR JAR IS LIKE
FILLING
A PERSON WITH THE
HOLY
SPIRIT, 301
CHAPTER
88 THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH BIRGITTA MAY MAKE
LOANS, 302
CHAPTER
89 THE VIRGIN HAS TOOLS WITH WHICH TO DEFEND
HERSELF
AND HER
FRIENDS,
302
CHAPTER
90 CONTEMPORARY FRANCISCANS ARE
CRITICIZED,
AND THE
AUTHENTICITY
OF
THE INDULGENCES AT THE NEARBY CHURCH IS
UPHELD,
303
CHAPTER
91 THE POTENCIES
OF
PRECIOUS GEMS ARE USED TO DESCRIBE THE
POTENCY
OF
THE WORDS WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE, 304
CHAPTER
92 ST. DENIS APPEARS TO BIRGITTA AND COMFORTS HER IN HER
HUSBAND'S ILLNESS, 305
CHAPTER
93 BIRGITTA OVERCOMES A TEMPTATION
OF
PRIDE,
305
CHAPTER
94 BIRGITTA RECEIVES
SOME
RELICS
OF
THE VIRGIN'S HAIR, AND IS
ASSURED
OF
THEIR AUTHENTICITY, 305
CHAPTER
95 BIRGITTA EXPRESSES CONCERN
ABOUT
LEAVING HER CHILDREN WHEN
SHE LEAVES FOR ROME, 306
CHAPTER
96 WHILE READING THE SPECULUM VIRGINUM BIRGITTA HEARS A VOICE
PRAISING
VIRGINITY, MARRIAGE, AND WIDOWHOOD, 306
CHAPTER
97 AN EVENT THAT OCCURS DURING BIRGITTA'S VISIT TO THE BENEDICTINE
ABBEY OF FARFA, 307
CHAPTER
98 CONCERNING THE DEATH
OF
BIRGITTA'S DAUGHTER INGEBORG, AT
RISEBERGA
ABBEY,
307
CHAPTER
99 DURING A PILGRIMAGE IN ITALY BIRGITTA IS INSTRUCTED TO
MODERATE
HER FASTING, 308
CHAPTER
100 A SWEDISH WOMAN IN MONTEFIASCONE HAS A REVELATION
CONCERNING BIRGITTA, 308
CHAPTER
101 A REVELATION
ABOUT
ONE
OF
BIRGITTA'S FEMALE COMPANIONS WHO
DIED
IN MILAN, 309
CHAPTER
102 ON THE DEATH
OF
THE BISHOP
OF
ORVIETO,
310
CHAPTER
103 BIRGITTA HAS ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES WHILE IN ROME, 310
CHAPTER
104 CONCERNING BISHOP HEMMING AND BIRGITTA, 311
CHAPTER
105
CRITICISM
OF
AN
ABBOT AT THE BENEDICTINE ABBEY
OF FARFA,
311
XVIII
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
106 BIRGITTA RECEIVES A RELIC
OF
THE CROSS AND IS ASSURED
OF ITS
AUTHENTICITY,
312
CHAPTER
107 BIRGITTA FEARS THAT SHE HAS TO
MOVE
FROM A HOUSE BY THE
CHURCH
OF S. LORENZO IN DAMASO IN ROME, 312
CHAPTER
108 A VISION
OF
BISHOP
BRYNOLF
ALGOTSSON OF
SKARA,
313
CHAPTER
109 PRIOR PETRUS IS CURED
OF
A
LONG-STANDING HEADACHE, 314
CHAPTER
NO QUEEN JOHANNA
OF
NAPLES
GIVES
BIRGITTA
SOME
MONEY DURING
HER RETURN
VISIT
FROM JERUSALEM, 314
CHAPTER
IN ON A PILGRIMAGE BIRGITTA IS
BESET
BY
FINANCIAL
DIFFICULTIES AND
ADVISED TO
TURN
TO THE ARCHBISHOP FOR HELP, 315
CHAPTER
112 BIRGITTA'S COOK REPENTS IN PURGATORY FOR
TELLING
HER IN
JEST
THAT HER SON
KARL
HAD BEEN HANGED IN SWEDEN, 315
CHAPTER
113 ON THE LITURGICAL HOURS COMPOSED BY BIRGITTA AND MASTER
PETRUS,
316
CHAPTER
114 THE MASTER'S EARS
WILL
BE FILLED
WITH
A RUSH
OF
WIND
TO HELP
HIS
COMPOSITION, 316
CHAPTER
115 AN ANGEL DESCRIBES PETRUS'S ROLE AS BIRGITTA'S SECRETARY, 317
CHAPTER
116 BIRGITTA
TALKS
TO GOD
ABOUT
HER LOVE, 317
ADDITIONAL
TEXTS
THREE
LETTERS IN
LATIN,
321
TWO
AUTOGRAPHS IN BIRGITTA'S OWN HAND, 325
SIX
MEDITATIONS IN SWEDISH, 329
FOUR
BIRGITTINE-NORWEGIAN TEXTS, 335
A
LETTER TO BIRGER ULFSSON IN SWEDISH, 338
BIBLIOGRAPHY*VOLUME 4, 341
INDEXES
PLACE NAMES, VOLUMES 1-4, 353
PERSONAL NAMES, VOLUMES 1-4, 356
CITED
WORKS, VOLUMES 1-4, 362
SUBJECTS, VOLUMES 1-4, 364
IMAGES, VOLUMES 1-4, 370
BIBLICAL
CITATIONS AND ALLUSIONS, VOLUMES 1-4, 381
DATE AND PLACE OF
ORIGIN,
VOLUMES 1-4, 395
ILLUSTRATIONS,
VOLUMES 1-4, 399 |
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