Product Description: Mechthild of Magdeburg's singular book Das Flieende Licht der Gottheit ('The Flowing Light of the Godhead') must be accounted one of the most significant texts in German that we have from the thirteenth century. As a piece of first-rate imaginative writing in the vernacular it is a highly rewarding text for those interested in medieval literature and women's writing...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)