Between Exaltation and Infamy: Female Mystics in the Golden Age of Spain. By Stephen Haliczer. pp. vi + 349. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. isbn 0 19 514851 7 and 514863 0. Hardback £45; paper £19.99

Haliczer's analysis draws on two major sources: a series of thirty biographies and autobiographies of female mystics active in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spain, and the records of fifteen cases brought to bear by the Inquisition on women accused of faking the symptoms of mystical experi...

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Auteur principal: Beresford, Andrew M. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Review
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Oxford University Press 2005
Dans: The journal of theological studies
Année: 2005, Volume: 56, Numéro: 2, Pages: 753-755
Compte rendu de:Between exaltation and infamy (Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2002) (Beresford, Andrew M.)
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Résumé:Haliczer's analysis draws on two major sources: a series of thirty biographies and autobiographies of female mystics active in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spain, and the records of fifteen cases brought to bear by the Inquisition on women accused of faking the symptoms of mystical experience. This sample is supplemented by materials drawn from devotional works, theological treatises, Flos sanctorum, and various other types of Inquisition record.
ISSN:1477-4607
Contient:Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/jts/fli219