Elisabeth
The Life and Legend of an European Saint. A Visual Voyage through Hungary
by Jutta Krauss, illustrated by Ulrich Kneise
The Holy Elisabeth of Thuringia who gave away her gowns to beggars, washed the feet of the poor, brought bread into the cottages of the hungry and in whose basket roses miraculously appeared, is represented as one of the most mellifluous figures of the Middle Ages. Was she really as sweet as depicted?
The Holy Elisabeth of Thuringia who gave away her gowns to beggars, washed the feet of the poor, brought bread into the cottages of the hungry and in whose basket roses miraculously appeared, is represented as one of the most mellifluous figures of the Middle Ages. Was she really as sweet as depicted?
- By (author) Jutta Krauss
- Illustrated by Ulrich Kneise
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