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Autore |
Schutte Anne Jacobson |
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Titolo |
Aspiring saints : pretense of holiness, Inquisition, and gender in the Republic of Venice, 1618-1750 / / Anne Jacobson Schutte |
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Baltimore, Md., : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (354 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-326) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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? |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Placing the events in a context larger than just the inquisitorial process, Aspiring Saints sheds new light on the history of religion, the dynamics of gender relations, and the ambiguous boundary between sincerity and pretense in early modern Italy. |
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