Author: Leonor de la MisericordiaPublisher:
ISBN: 9788472393066
Category :
Languages : es
Pages : 529
Book Description
Relación de la vida de la venerable Catalina de Cristo
Author: Leonor de la MisericordiaPublisher:
ISBN: 9788472393066
Category :
Languages : es
Pages : 529
Book Description
Pilgrimage of Anastasius: The Autobiography of the First Provincial of the Discalced Carmelites
Author: Jerome Gracián of the Mother of GodPublisher: ICS Publications
ISBN: 1939272645
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Jerome Gracián (1545–1614) was the first provincial of the Discalced Carmelite Order and a close collaborator of Saint Teresa of Ávila, the order's foundress. He brought stability and growth to St. Teresa's movement when it was still in its infancy, particularly among the friars. Praising Gracián in the Book of Her Foundations, Teresa writes: "Had I very much desired to ask His Majesty for a person to organize all things pertaining to the order in these initial stages, I would not have succeeded in asking for all that He gave me in Father Gracián. Our Lady has chosen him to help her order." After certain intrigues resulted in Gracián's expulsion from the order, he appealed to Rome and was eventually exonerated. After hearing Gracián's account of his dramatic experiences, the pope exclaimed he was "a saint." Although the Pilgrimage of Anastasius is largely Gracián's apologia pro vita sua, a defense of his conduct on behalf of the Discalced Carmelites, it also serves as a first-hand chronicle of the beginning of the Discalced Carmelite Order and sheds light on St. Teresa's vision and charism. Gracián was simultaneously St. Teresa's most ardent disciple and the superior to whom she made an extraordinary vow of obedience. He confirms the special love that St. Teresa had for him, and he loved her no less in return. Gracián fills his memoirs with captivating anecdotes involving influential historical figures and harrowing adventures. Notably, he relates the thrilling account of his capture at sea by slavers and his nearly two-year captivity in Tunisia. Above all, Pilgrimage of Anastasius offers readers a demonstration of Gracián's character, purity, and innocence. Observing how he maintained his faith amid his many trials, it is clear why St. Teresa loved him and had such confidence in him to carry out her vision for a religious renewal. This book contains a fully linked Index.
The Routledge Research Companion to Early Modern Spanish Women Writers
Author: Nieves BarandaPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317043626
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 787
Book Description
In Spain, the two hundred years that elapsed between the beginning of the early modern period and the final years of the Habsburg Empire saw a profusion of works written by women. Whether secular or religious, noble or middle class, early modern Spanish women actively composed creative works such as poetry, prose narratives, and plays. The Routledge Research Companion to Early Modern Spanish Women Writers covers the broad array of different kinds of writings – literary as well as extra-literary – that these women wrote, taking into consideration their subject positions and the cultural and historical contexts that influenced and were influenced by them. Beyond merely recognizing the individual women authors who had influence in literary, religious, and intellectual circles, this Research Companion investigates their participation in these circles through their writings, as well as the ways in which their texts informed Spain’s cultural production during the early modern period. In order to contextualize women’s writings across the historical and cultural spectrum of early modern Spain, the Research Companion is divided into six sections of general thematic interest: Women’s Worlds; Conventual Spaces; Secular Literature; Women in the Public Sphere; Private Circles; Women Travelers. Each section is subdivided into chapters that focus on specific issues or topics.
Women’s Networks of Spiritual Promotion in the Peninsular Kingdoms (13th-16th Centuries)
Author: AA. VV.Publisher: Viella Libreria Editrice
ISBN: 8867281267
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
The starting point for this research is the ascertainment of a major change in the spirituality paradigm of the last centuries of the European Middle Ages, which, since the 13th century, results in a new and final interpretation, focused on pauperistic, evangelical and apostolic ideals, of the religious phenomenon. This symbolic revolution, which completely changed parameters and involved both men and women, entailed an intense urbanisation and feminisation of spirituality. Within that general framework, the pages of this book attempt at investigating the penetration, evolution and changes of the new forms of female monastic and religious life in a delimited space and time: the kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula during the period from the 13th to the 16th century, trying to establish the connection between those new spaces of female spirituality and the strategies, wishes and potentialities of the women who promoted their creation, strengthening or reform.
Brides of Christ
Author: Asunción LavrinPublisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804752834
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
Brides of Christ is a study of professed nuns and life in the convents of colonial Mexico.
The Cambridge History of Gay and Lesbian Literature
Author: E. L. McCallumPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316194566
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1203
Book Description
The Cambridge History of Gay and Lesbian Literature presents a global history of the field and is an unprecedented summation of critical knowledge on gay and lesbian literature that also addresses the impact of gay and lesbian literature on cognate fields such as comparative literature and postcolonial studies. Covering subjects from Sappho and the Greeks to queer modernism, diasporic literatures, and responses to the AIDS crisis, this volume is grounded in current scholarship. It presents new critical approaches to gay and lesbian literature that will serve the needs of students and specialists alike. Written by leading scholars in the field, The Cambridge History of Gay and Lesbian Literature will not only engage readers in contemporary debates but also serve as a definitive reference for gay and lesbian literature for years to come.
Between Court and Confessional
Author: Kimberly LynnPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107031168
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
This book examines the careers and writings of five inquisitors, explaining how the theory and regulations of the Spanish Inquisition were rooted in local conditions.
Literary Cultures of Latin America : a Comparative History: Configurations of literary culture
Author: Mario J. ValdésPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
In three volumes of expert, innovative scholarship, Literary Cultures of Latin America offers a multidisciplinary reference on one of the most distinctive literary cultures in the world. In topically arranged articles written by a team of international scholars, Literary Cultures of Latin America explores the shifting problems that have arisen across national borders, geographic regions, time periods, linguistic systems, and cultural traditions in literary history. Bucking the tradition of focusing almost exclusively on the great canons of literature, this unique reference work casts its net wider, exploring pop culture, sermons, scientific essays, and more. While collaborators are careful to note that these volumes offer only a snapshot of the diverse body of Latin American literature, Literary Cultures of Latin America highlights unique cultural perspectives that have never before received academic attention. Comprised of signed articles each with complete bibliographies, this unique reference also takes into account relevant political, anthropological, economic, geographic, historical, demographic, and sociological research in order to understand the full context of each community's literature.
Mission and Ecstasy
Author: Magnus LundbergPublisher:
ISBN: 9789150624434
Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The author explores the relationship between contemplative and apostolic aspects of religious life in accounts by and about religious women in the Spanish Indies during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
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