Aspiring saints [electronic resource] : pretense of holiness, Inquisition, and gender in the Republic of Venice, 1618-1750 / Anne Jacobson Schutte.
Publication details: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.Description: xvi, 337 p. : illSubject(s):- 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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- BX1723 .S38 2001eb
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-326) and index.
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?
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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