Life of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, duchess of Thuringia

CONTENTS Translator's Preface 1 Introduction 15 I. Thuringia under the Reign of Duke Hermann ; Hungary under that of King Andrew ; Birth of Dear St. Elizabeth, and her Removal to Eisenach 125 II. How Dear St. Elizabeth honored God in her Childhood 138 III. How Dear St. Elizabeth had to suffer for God beforeher Marriage 144 IV. The Young Duke Louis remains Faithful to Dear St. Elizabeth ; their Marriage 150 V. The Duke Louis, Dear St. Elizabeth's Husband, is pleasing to God and Men 156 VI. The Duke Louis and Dear St. Elizabeth live together before God in the Holy Sacrament of Marriage 163 VII. Dear St. Elizabeth's Self-Mortifications 169 VIII. St. Elizabeth's Great Charity and her Love of Poverty 177 IX. The Great Devotion and Humility of Dear St. Elizabeth 188 X. How St. Elizabeth became known to the Glorious St. Francis; his Affectionate Regard for her; Master Conrad of Marburg chosen as her Director 197 XI. The Graces which were manifested by our Lord in the Person of Dear St. Elizabeth 209 XII. How the Good Duke Louis protected his Poor People 219 XIII. Thuringia devastated by a Great Scarcity; Dear St Elizabeth practises all the Works of Mercy 225 XIV. Return Home of the Duke Louis; he renders Full Justice to his Dear Monks of Reinhartsbrunn 235 XV. The Duke Louis assumes the Cross ; his Great Grief at parting with his Friends, his Family, and Dear St. Elizabeth 242 XVI. Death of the Duke Louis on his Way to the Holy Land 259 XVII. Elizabeth hears of the Death of her Husband; her Great Anguish and Tribulation 265 XVUI. Dear St. Elizabeth is driven from her Castle with her Little Children and reduced to Extreme Misery ; the Great Ingratitude and Cruelty of Men towards her 270 XIX. The Most Merciful Jesus consoles Dear St. Elizabeth in her Misery and Destitution; the Most Sweet and Clement Virgin Mary comes to instruct and to fortify her 280 XX. Elizabeth refuses to marry a Second Time, and consecrates her Nuptial Robe to Jesus, the Spouse of her Soul 295 XXI. Dea