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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454571403321

Autore

Schutte Anne Jacobson

Titolo

Aspiring saints [[electronic resource] ] : pretense of holiness, Inquisition, and gender in the Republic of Venice, 1618-1750 / / Anne Jacobson Schutte

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, Md., : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001

ISBN

0-8018-7686-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (354 p.)

Disciplina

272/.2/094531

Soggetti

Inquisition - Italy - Venice

Visionaries - Italy - Venice - History - 17th century

Holiness - Catholic Church - History of doctrines - 17th century

Discernment of spirits - History of doctrines - 17th century

Women in the Catholic Church - History - 17th century

Visionaries - Italy - Venice - History - 18th century

Holiness - Catholic Church - History of doctrines - 18th century

Discernment of spirits - History of doctrines - 18th century

Women in the Catholic Church - History - 18th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-326) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Twelve true stories? -- The Roman Inquisition in Venice -- "Little women" and discernment of spirits -- From study to courtroom -- Refashioning "true" holiness -- Sorceresses, witches, and inquisitors -- Healers of the soul -- Healers of the body -- Rings and other things -- Time and space -- Sex and gender -- Pretense?