use of these prayers in their monasteries, and women such as Marguerite d'Oyngt (d. 1310) and Mechthild of Hackeborn took it up. In the description of her...

of Henry III, Count of Sayn Mechthild of Hackeborn (1241–1299), Cistercian and Christian mystic, saint Mechthild of Cleves [de] (d. 1309), duchess of...

nuns of Helfta were highly educated and important works of mysticism survive from Mechthild's younger contemporaries, St Mechthild of Hackeborn and St...

Helfta became the foremost centre of female mysticism [de] in Germany. Mechthild of Magdeburg, Mechthild of Hackeborn and Gertrude the Great all lived...

Gertrude of Hackeborn (1232–1292) was the abbess of the Benedictine convent of Helfta, near Eisleben in modern Germany. Gertrude was born in 1232 near...

commentary, and to a somewhat lesser extent the two Mechthilds, Mechthild of Magdeburg and Mechthild of Hackeborn—made this devotion central to their mystical...

(Spanish) Matilda of Ringelheim (968) Mechtildis of Edelstetten, Dießen, Andechs (1160) Mechthild of Magdeburg (1282/1294) Mechtilde of Hackeborn (1240/41 –...

whether Dante is referring to the Margravine, Mechthild of Magdeburg or Mechthild of Hackeborn is still a matter of dispute. In the 15th century, Matilda was...

has explored figures such as Julian of Norwich, Heloise and Abelard, Thomas of Cantimpré, Mechthild of Hackeborn, Marguerite Porete, Henry Suso, and Guillaume...

Abbess of Gandersheim, Ava, Hildegard of Bingen, Elisabeth of Schönau, Herrad of Landsberg, Mechthild of Magdeburg, Mechthild of Hackeborn, Gertrude...