Writing Women in Late Medieval and Early Modern Spain: The Mothers of Saint Teresa of Avila

Ronald E. Surtz

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 1995

Writing Women in Late Medieval and Early Modern Spain

The Mothers of Saint Teresa of Avila

Ronald E. Surtz

In the series Anniversary Collection

In the series The Middle Ages Series

https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512808179

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About this book

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

Author / Editor information

Ronald E. Surtz is Professor in Spanish at Princeton University and the author of The Guitar of God: Gender, Power, and Authority in the Visionary World of Mother Juana de la Cruz, 1481-1534, also published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	IX
A Note on Texts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	X
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XI
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. The New Judith: Teresa de Cartagena Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
2. Constanza de Castilla and the Gynaeceum of Compassion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
3. Maria de Ajofrin: The Scourge of Toledo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
4. The New Magdalen: Maria de Santo Domingo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
5. Juana de la Cruz and the Secret Garden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	104
Epilogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
References Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	224

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Edition: Reprint 2016
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 256
Keywords: History; Women's Studies; Gender Studies; Medieval and Renaissance Studies; Gender Studies

eBook

Published: November 11, 2016
ISBN: 9781512808179