Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     9
Abbreviations     11
Introduction     17
Stories
Mary     39
The Ascension of the Lord     51
Gongolf     56
Pelagius     68
Theophilus     79
Basilius     88
Dionysius     98
Agnes     110
Plays
The Conversion of Gallicanus, General of the Army     127
Agape, Chionia, and Hirena     139
Drusiana and Calimachus     147
Mary     164
Thais     181
Sapientia     190
Histories
The Deeds of Otto (Gesta. Ottonis)     205
The Beginnings of the Convent of Gandersheim (Primordia coenobii Gandeshemensis)     217
Hrotsvit's Primordia: A Retractatio of Her Gesta     228
Conclusion     233
Notes     240
Bibliography of Works Cited     277
Index     284