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Record Nr.

UNINA9910131492403321

Autore

Chalmers J

Titolo

Maria Petyt : a Carmelite mystic in wartime / / edited by Joseph Chalmers, Elisabeth Hense, Veronie Meeuwsen, Esther van de Vate

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Brill, 2015

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2015]

ISBN

90-04-29187-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 292 pages) : illustrations, 1 colour map; digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Radboud studies in humanities ; ; v. 4

Disciplina

271/.97102

Soggetti

Dutch War, 1672-1678

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Elisabeth Hense , Veronie Meeuwsen and Esther van de Vate -- 1 Maria Petyt – A Short Biography / Esther van de Vate -- 2 Maria Petyt against the Background of the Political and Religious Situation in Flanders in the Seventeenth Century / Esther van de Vate -- 3 Daily Life at the Hermitage in Mechelen at the Time of Maria Petyt (1657–1677) / Michel van Meerbeeck -- 4 Living as a Spiritual Virgin and Claiming Prophetic Authority: The Parallel Lives of Maria Petyt and Antoinette Bourignon / Mirjam de Baar -- 5 Some Notes on the History of the Latin Manuscript of the Life of Maria Petyt by Michael of St. Augustine / Giovanni Grosso -- 6 ‘Oh, How Spiritual Directors are Obliged to Remain Silent!’ Michael’s Redaction of the Writings of Maria Petyt: Some Initial Findings / Esther van de Vate -- 7 The Latin Manuscript about the Dutch War and Its Translation in English / Veronie Meeuwsen (ed.) -- 8 Maria Petyt’s Support of the French King / Veronie Meeuwsen -- 9 The Spirituality of Teresa of Avila and the Latin Manuscript about the Dutch War (folios 30r–49v) / Elisabeth Hense -- 10 The Prophetic Spirituality of Maria Petyt in the Latin Manuscript about the Dutch War / Anne-Marie Bos -- Epilogue / Joseph Chalmers -- Index / Joseph Chalmers , Elisabeth Hense , Veronie Meeuwsen and Esther van de Vate.

Sommario/riassunto

Based on the discovery of an unknown Latin manuscript, Maria Petyt - A Carmelite Mystic in Wartime provides surprising new information



about the seventeenth century Flemish mystic Maria Petyt (1623-1677) who wrote many letters to her spiritual director, Michael of St. Augustine.