Title Between exaltation and infamy : female mystics in the golden age of Spain / Stephen Haliczer

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 349 pages) Contents 1. Spain and the Golden Age of Mysticism -- 2. Women and the Saintly Ideal -- 3. Women Mystics in a Male-Dominated Culture -- 4. The Officially Approved Woman Mystic and Her Supporters -- 5. Sainthood Denied -- 6. An Uncertain Sword: The Spanish Inquisition and the Repression of Feigned Sanctity -- 7. A Counter-Reformation Childhood -- 8. Adolescence and the Struggle for Self-Assertion -- 9. Adulthood -- 10. Religious Life and Devotions -- 11. Between Power and Impotence: Social Role and Social Fantasies -- 12. The Perception of Sanctity: Reputation, Cult Formation, and Canonization 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-344) and index Notes Print version record Subject Mysticism -- Spain -- History -- 16th century Women mystics -- Spain -- History -- 16th century Mysticism -- Spain -- History -- 17th century Women mystics -- Spain -- History -- 17th century RELIGION -- Mysticism. Mysticism Women mystics SUBJECT Spain -- Church history -- 16th century Spain -- Church history -- 17th century Subject Spain Genre/Form Church history History Form Electronic book Author Oxford University Press ISBN 0195148630 9780195148633 9781435618916 1435618912 0195148517 9780195148510

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