Contents

Introduction

Section 1. Constructing a Context

Hrotsvit of Gandersheim and the Problem of Royal Succession in the East Frankish Kingdom

The Index Aequus: Legality and Equity in Hrotsvit’s Basilius

'Weighed down with a thousand evils’: Images of Muslims in Hrotsvit’s Pelagius

Section 2. Forming Identities

Violence and Virginity in Hrotsvit's Dramas

Kids Say the Darndest Things: Irascible Children in Hrotsvit’s Sapientia

The Construction of the Desiring Subject in Hrotsvit’s Pelagius and Agnes

Pulchrum Signum? Sexuality and the Politics of Religion in the Works of Hrotsvit of Gandersheim Composed between 963 and 973

Section 3. Creating Affinities

Hrotsvit’s Dramas: Is There a Roman in These Texts?

Hrotsvit’s Sapientia as a Foreign Woman

Hrotsvit and the Devil

Hrotsvit’s Latin Drama Gallicanus and the Old English Epic Elene: Intercultural Founding Narratives of a Feminized Church

Section 4. Conducting Performances

Hrotsvit’s Literary Legacy

‘Bring me a soldier’s garb and a good horse’: Embedded Stage Directions in the Dramas of Hrotsvit of Gandersheim

Dramatic Convergence in Times Square: Hrotsvit’s Sapientia and Collapsable Giraffe’s 3 Virgins

Playing with Hrotsvit: Adventures in Contemporary Performance

Works Cited

Contributors

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