Women Religious and Epistolary Exchange in the Carmelite Reform

The Disciples of Teresa de Avila
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-94-6372-343-5
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press

Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 494 g

Reihe: Amsterdam University Press

The sixteenth century was a period of crisis in the Catholic Church. Monastic reorganization was a major issue, and women were at the forefront of charting new directions in convent policy. The story of the Carmelite Reform has been told before, but never from the perspective of the women on the front lines. Nearly all accounts of the movement focus on Teresa de Avila, (1515-1582), and end with her death in 1582. Women Religious and Epistolary Exchange in the Carmelite Reform: The Disciples of Teresa de Avila carries the story beyond Teresa’s death, showing how the next generation of Carmelite nuns struggled into the seventeenth century to continue her mission. It is unique in that it draws primarily from female-authored sources, in particular, the letters of three of Teresa’s most dynamic disciples: María de San José, Ana de Jesús and Ana de San Bartolomé.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mujica, Bárbara

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Romanische Literaturen Portugiesische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Romanische Literaturen Spanische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Part I: María de San José

Chapter 1. The (Almost) Silenced Epistolary Pen of María de San José

Chapter 2. Drama in Seville

Chapter 3. On to Portugal

Chapter 4. Battles

Chapter 5. Trials

Part II: Ana de Jesús

Chapter 6. Paris and Beyond

Chapter 7. In the Low Countries

Part III: Ana de San Bartolomé

Chapter 8. The Other Ana

Chapter 9. Ana and the French

Chapter 10. The Antwerp Foundation

Chapter 11. Friends and Enemies.

Chapter 12. The Ones Who Stayed Behind: The Letters of Catalina de Cristo to Ana de San Bartolomé

Conclusion

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mujica, Bárbara
Bárbara Mujica is a Professor Emerita of Spanish literature at Georgetown University, where she taught early modern Spanish literature with a specialization in the Spanish mystics, women's writing, and Spanish theater. She was awarded a Presidential Medal, the School of Languages and Linguistics Service Medal, and the Dean's Medal for Excellence in Teaching. Throughout her career she published numerous scholarly books and she is founder and editor of Comedia Performance, a journal devoted to early modern Spanish theater. She is also the author of many works of fiction, including the novel Sister Teresa (Spanish edition: Hermana Teresa).