Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg (7 September 1633, Viehdorf — 10 April 1694,

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of the Baroque era. Greiffenberg is one of the most significant German-language writers of the early modern era. Her work is regularly profoundly personal, often taking the form of an internal monologue

* * * * Martin Bircher (ed.): ''Sämtliche Werke in 10 Bänden''. Millwood NY 1983 * Joy A. Schroeder, "The Prenatal Theology of Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg.” ''Lutheran Forum'' 46/3 (2012):50-56. * Lynne Tatlock (ed. and tr.), ''Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg: Meditations on the Incarnation, Passion, and Death of Jesus Christ'' (Chicago, 2009) (The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe). * Kathleen Foley-Beining: ''The Body and Eucharistic Devotion in Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg's "Meditations". '' Camden House: 1997.

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