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Teresa de Avila, lettered woman /

In 1562, Teresa de Avila founded the Discalced Carmelites and launched a reform movement that would pit her against the Church hierarchy and the male officials of her own religious order. This new spirituality, which stressed interiority and a personal relationship with God, was considered dangerous...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mujica, Bárbara Louise
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, ©2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From Teresa de Ahumada to Saint Teresa
  • Teresa de Jesús: woman of letters
  • God's warrior and her epistolary weapons
  • Correspondence and correspondents
  • Letter-writing as self-representation
  • Forging sainthood: Teresa's letters as relics.