Tempting the Tempter : Imitatio Christi and the encounters of Quattrocento holy women with the Devil

Tempting the Tempter : Imitatio Christi and the encounters of Quattrocento holy women with the Devil /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Huesman, Amy R. (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2024]
Series:Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; v. 204.
Subjects:
Valentinis, Elena, > approximately 1396-1458.
Catherine, > of Bologna, Saint, > 1413-1463.
Colomba, > da Rieti, Blessed, > 1467-1501.
Imitatio Christi.
To 1500
Christian women saints > Italy > History > To 1500.
Mysticism > Italy > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Spiritual warfare > Italy > History > To 1500.
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Table of Contents:
  • The emergence of the Quattrocento santa viva
  • Beata Elena Valentini da Udine, Augustinian tertiary
  • Santa Caterina Vigri da Bologna, Franciscan nun
  • Beata Colomba Guadagnoli da Rieti, Dominican penitent
  • Imitatio Christi in its feminine form
  • The provocative holy woman
  • The holy woman as discerner of spirits
  • The santa viva in society
  • Postmortem veneration and the making of a saint.

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