Between exaltation and infamy female mystics in the golden age of Spain
Using case-studies and biographies, the author examines women's mysticism in 16th- and 17th-century Spain and investigates the spiritual forces that provided women with a way to transcend the control of the male-dominated Catholic Church
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2002, 2002
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Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | Using case-studies and biographies, the author examines women's mysticism in 16th- and 17th-century Spain and investigates the spiritual forces that provided women with a way to transcend the control of the male-dominated Catholic Church |
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Physical Description: | vi, 349 p. |
ISBN: | 9780199869923 0199869928 |