HANDEL-MAZZETTI, ENRICA, BARONESS VON (1871– ), Austrian author, was born at Vienna on Jan. Io, 1871. She is the author of many historical novels, and has shown a peculiar aptitude for depicting the manners, customs and modes of thought of earlier times. The majority of her books are imbued with the spirit of Roman Catholicism, a result of her religious education at Saint Polkten, and are, in fact, propagandist stories.
Her most important works are : Meinrad Helmpergers dank wurdiges Jahr (1900) ; Jesse and Marie (1906) ; Die Arme Mar garet (Iwo); Stefana Schwertner (1913, 3 vols.) ; Der deutsche Held (1920); Das Rosenwunder (1925).
See E. Korrodi, Enrica von Handel-Mazzetti (19o9) ; Brecka, Die Handel-Mazzetti (1923) ; Speckmann, Quellen and Komposition der Trilogie "Stefana Schwertner"