Between exaltation and infamy: female mystics in the golden age of spain
Auteur :
Haliczer, Stephen
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195148633
Date de publication :
19 sept. 2002
Dimensions :
23,8 x 15,4 x 2,4 cm
Poids :
522 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Using case-studies and biographies, this book looks at women's mysticism in 16th- and 17th-century Spain. The author investigates the forces that caused these individuals to choose this life. He shows how mysticism provided women with a way to transcend the control of the male-dominated Church.