Julia Seeberger is presenting a working paper on 'Visiones cuiusdam virginis – Searching for a certain virgin, the Beguine Agnes Blannbekin (+1315) from Vienna'

My dissertation project is based on the “Life and Revelations” of a woman, called Agnes Blannbekin, who lived in Vienna in the late 13th century. Her confessor, an unknown brother who belongs to the Order of the Friars Minor, probable in Vienna, wrote down her life and revelations. In short articles in encyclopaedias for Christian female mysticism Agnes Blannbekin is described as a representative of the typical Later Middle Ages piety, which focuses on Jesus Christ and the longing for Jesus. Further Agnes Blannbekin is known as the only Beguine in the Austrian area. In contrast to my former papers this paper does not focus on the outstanding position of odoratus in the visions or within the context of piety. I previously focused on the usage of olfactory vocabulary for personal descriptions of clerics in the “Life and Revelations” of Agnes Blannbekin. In this paper, now, I am going to analyse the female protagonist, her place, role and social environment. At the beginning I start with a collection and investigation of the existing manuscripts of her "Life and Revelations". Based on these manuscripts I examine the general characteristics of the protagonist and resume to characterize the protagonist based on the content of the “Life and Revelations”. Based on these investigations I would like to verify the general narration of the Viennese Beguine Agnes Blannbekin and to think about the contemporary use and intention of the extant copies.