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The Medieval Church · c. 1344–1373
The Revelations
Revelaciones
Birgitta of Sweden · c. 1303–1373
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What it is
Seven books of visions from a widowed noblewoman who moved to Rome, rebuking popes for staying in Avignon and describing the nativity in a scene that changed European painting.
Why it lasted
The most politically consequential visionary of the Middle Ages, and her account of the birth of Christ reshaped how it was depicted for centuries.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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