On 19 Apr 97, Julia Bolton Holloway wrote:
> Before answering I ought to go through the multitudinous books she
> wrote/dictated, etc. But she talks far more against war, than for crusade,
> particularly begging Europe, especially England and France, to stop the
> Hundred Years' War. She is broadminded about non-Christians. She is part of
> the Friends of God movement and it was involved in diplomacy against war,
> having even sent a delegation to the Pope, gaining entrance to him by means
> of a Swiss clock! It was believed that in whichever country there was a
> Brigittine Abbey there would be peace, Henry V founding Syon with that
> intent. Syon Abbey returned to England from Portugal in the nineteenth
> century and is today in Totnes, Devon.
>
> >Did Birgitta of Sweden (or any of the other later medieval female saints
> >you study) have definite ideas/predications/moral opinions about the
> >crusades?
> >Gary Dickson
> >University of Edinburgh
> >
On the other hand Birigitta supported quite eagerly king Magnus
Eriksson's expansive politics in eastern Finland and Russia. In 1348 this
politics took a form of crusade against the Russians in the
Neva-area. Some material concerning this ought to be found as well in
the Revelationes.
Tapio Salminen
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