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Hrotsvitha
Sign in to saveAlso known as Hrosvitha, Hroswitha, Roswitha, Hrotsvit of Gandersheim
thumb|320px|Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim presents an aged emperor Otto the Great with her Gesta Oddonis, under the eyes of Abbess Gerberga II, Abbess of Gandersheim|Gerberga. 1501 [[woodcut by Albrecht Dürer.]]
Person · Open Library
- Born
- ca. 935
- Died
- ca. 975.
- Works
- 65
Top works
- Ausgewählte Dichtungen
- Oeuvres dramatiques de Hrotsvitha
- Primordia coenobii Gandeshemensis
- The non-dramatic works of Hrosvitha
- Hrotsvithae opera
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Recent publications · Crossref
2 total works indexed
- Las ocho leyendas
· 1999
- Dramatikerin der Jungfräulichkeit
· 2000
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- Roswitha of Gandersheim.jpg
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- Hrotsvitha
- date of birth
- 0935-00-00
- date of death
- 0968-00-00
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Works in European collections
6 objects attributed to Hrotsvitha, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- Life and background
- Works
- ''Liber Primus''
- ''Liber Secundus''
- ''Liber Tertius''
- Legacy
- Feminism
- Representation of women
- Impact on Theatre
- Translations
- Modern-day references
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|320px|Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim presents an aged emperor Otto the Great with her Gesta Oddonis, under the eyes of Abbess Gerberga II, Abbess of Gandersheim|Gerberga. 1501 [[woodcut by Albrecht Dürer.]]
Hrotsvitha (–973) was a secular canoness who wrote drama and Christian poetry under the Ottonian dynasty. She was born in Bad Gandersheim to Saxon nobles and entered Gandersheim Abbey as a canoness. She is considered the first female writer from the Germanosphere, the first person since the Fall of the Roman Empire to write dramas in the Latin West, and the first German female poet.