Review of Anneke B. Mulder-Bakkers book about the spiritual biography of Gertrude Rickeldey of Ortenberg and Heilke of Staufenberg.

The article focuses on three womens monasteries in late medieval southwestern Germany. Berau, Sitzenkirch and Gutnau were subordinate cells of St. Blasien in the Black Forest, but varied considerably in size and legal status.

The article discusses their relations to the monks of St. Blasien and Bürgeln (a cell of St. Blasien) as well as the…[Read more]

The article discusses the Acta sancti Petri in Augia, a 13th century cartulary consisting of four books collecting charters, traditiones, chronicles and administrative sources from the monastery of Weißenau near Ravensburg in southwestern Germany. Particular emphasis is placed on the way this source remembers and writes about the history of the…[Read more]

Der Beitrag betrachtet die Geschichte der zur Stadt Ravensburg gehörigen Ortschaft Taldorf vom frühen Mittelalter bis in die Zeit um 1300. Am Beginn steht eine Beschäftigung mit der ersten die Taldorfer Orte betreffenden Urkunde, die über eine Schenkung des Priesters Engilbert an das Kloster Reichenau im Jahr 816 berichtet. Davon ausgehend wer…[Read more]

Neither of the two houses in Constance belonging to the collegiate chapter of Bischofszell served as its official city seat. Using the example of the house zur Krone, the essay explores the social environment of a canon and his connection to the collegiate’s seat. In 1311, Konrad, a doctor and a canon of the collegiate chapter, bestowed his h…[Read more]