[citation needed] She developed a deep friendship with Henry Suso, and the two remained in active correspondence.During their meetings, Stagel asked Suso to help her understand the pathway to God by sharing with her his own experiences.When Suso learned of Stagel's undertaking, he requested the texts and proceeded to burn them, saving only the second installment of manuscripts for the sake of educating other religious.Blessed Elizabeth of Hungary may have been one of the nuns whose life Stagel described but this allegation has been particularly disputed because the book portrays Blessed Elizabeth's stepmother, Agnes of Austria, dowager queen of Hungary, very negatively; it is highly unlikely that such a biography was written before the death of Queen Agnes who outlived Stagel, dying in 1364.[citation needed] Stagel's work is integral to understanding mysticism and monastic life in medieval Germany.
Elsbeth Stagel depicted in a copy of
Lives of the Nuns of Töss
.
