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Dear Colleagues,
Runica et Mediaevalia just brought out our German edition and English
translation of Katerina Lemmel’s letters, available for ca. 18 euros / $20.
http://www.medievalia.nu/publikation/schier-schleif-simon-2019/
The edition contains the first complete and unredacted Early New High
German texts of the Lemmel letters together with a revised modern
English translation. Readers experience the joys and challenges of
late-medieval Birgittine life through Lemmel’s own words as she
communicates her thoughts and feelings from her perspective as a member
of the Maihingen community in order to garner the empathy and support of
her urban patriciate family, whom she left in Nuremberg. This unique
collection of missives documents the complexities of spiritual
economies, medieval gift-giving cultures, domestic and international
commerce, as well as theological tensions leading to the Reformation.
Born in 1466, Katerina Imhoff Lemmel was raised in the famous Imhoff
Trading Company, an international firm that specialized in spices and
metal goods. She married Michel Lemmel in 1484 and became a widow in
1513. Herself a successful businesswoman, Lemmel, against the wishes of
her family, decided to enter the Birgittine monastery of Maria Mai,
where she died in 1533. From 1516 to 1525, she maintained regular
contact with her relatives through the letters she sent back to her
native Nuremberg, primarily to her cousin Hans V Imhoff, general manager
of the family company, banker, and member of the Inner City Council of
Nuremberg.
Volker Schier, Corine Schleif, and Anne Simon
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