1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451345703321

Autore

Ferrazzi Cecilia <1609-1684.>

Titolo

Autobiography of an aspiring saint [[electronic resource] /] / Cecilia Ferrazzi ; transcribed, translated, and edited by Anne Jacobson Schutte

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c1996

ISBN

1-281-12560-1

9786611125608

0-226-24448-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (135 p.)

Collana

Other voice in early modern Europe

Altri autori (Persone)

SchutteAnne Jacobson

Disciplina

282/.092

B

Soggetti

Catholics - Italy - Venice

Women - Italy - Venice

Inquisition - Italy - Venice - History - 17th century

Electronic books.

Venice (Italy) Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-96) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction to the Series -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Note on the Translation -- Testimony of Ferrazzi Preceding Her Autobiography -- Autobioraphy of Cecilia Ferrazzi -- Appendix 1 Persons Mentioned in the Text -- Appendix 2 Places Mentioned in the Text -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Charged by the Venetian Inquisition with the conscious and cynical feigning of holiness, Cecelia Ferrazzi (1609-1684) requested and obtained the unprecedented opportunity to defend herself through a presentation of her life story. Ferrazzi's unique inquisitorial autobiography and the transcripts of her preceding testimony, expertly transcribed and eloquently translated into English, allow us to enter an unfamiliar sector of the past and hear 'another voice'-that of a humble Venetian woman who had extraordinary experiences and exhibited exceptional courage. Born in 1609 into an artisan family, Cecilia Ferrazzi wanted to become a nun. When her parents' death in the plague of 1630 made it financially impossible for her to enter the



convent, she refused to marry and as a single laywoman set out in pursuit of holiness. Eventually she improvised a vocation: running houses of refuge for "girls in danger," young women at risk of being lured into prostitution. Ferrazzi's frequent visions persuaded her, as well as some clerics and acquaintances among the Venetian elite, that she was on the right track. The socially valuable service she was providing enhanced this impresssion. Not everyone, however, was convinced that she was a genuine favorite of God. In 1664 she was denounced to the Inquisition. The Inquisition convicted Ferrazzi of the pretense of sanctity. Yet her autobiographical act permits us to see in vivid detail both the opportunities and the obstacles presented to seventeenth-century women.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996483169303316

Autore

Kasʹi︠a︡nov H. V (Heorhiĭ Volodymyrovych), <1961->

Titolo

Memory Crash : Politics of History in and around Ukraine, 1980s–2010s / / Georgiy Kasianov

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Budapest, : Central European University Press, 2022

New York : , : Central European University Press, , 2021

ISBN

963-386-380-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource.)

Collana

Historical studies in Eastern Europe and Eurasia, , 2306-3637 ; ; volume VII

Disciplina

947.7086

Soggetti

Politics and government

History - Study and teaching

Historiography

Diplomatic relations

Collective memory

History - Study and teaching - Ukraine

Collective memory - Government policy - Ukraine

Collective memory - Ukraine

History

Ukraine

Ukraine Historiography

Ukraine Foreign relations 1991-2014

Ukraine Foreign relations 2014-

Ukraine Politics and government 1991-2014

Ukraine Politics and government 2014-

Ukraine History 1991-2014

Ukraine History 2014-



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Notions and definitions -- Contexts -- State institutions -- Non-governmental organizations -- Historians -- Historical politics: an overview -- Spaces of Memory -- Historical politics: beyond borders -- Conclusion -- Selected bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"This account of historical politics in Ukraine, framed in a broader European context, shows how social, political, and cultural groups have used and misused the past from the final years of the Soviet Union to 2020"--