The fabric of Marian devotion in Isabel de Villena's Vita Christi /

Isabel de Villena (1430-1490) is one of the most fascinating women of the Spanish Middle Ages. Related to the royal family, she became abbess of the Poor Clare convent, the Santa Trinitat, in Valencia in 1462, a position she held until her death in 1490. Her treatise on the religious life, 'Vit...

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Main Author: Twomey, Lesley K. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Created: Woodbridge, Suffolk : Tamesis, 2013.
Series:Colección Támesis. Monografías ; 313.
Subjects:
Villena, Isabel de, > 1430-1490. > Vita Christi.
Mary, > Blessed Virgin, Saint > Biography > Early works to 1800.
Villena, Isabel de; Vita Christi.
Monasticism and religious orders for women > Spain > History.
Valencia (Spain) > History > 15th century.
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Summary:Isabel de Villena (1430-1490) is one of the most fascinating women of the Spanish Middle Ages. Related to the royal family, she became abbess of the Poor Clare convent, the Santa Trinitat, in Valencia in 1462, a position she held until her death in 1490. Her treatise on the religious life, 'Vita Christi', was the first book by a woman to be printed in the kingdom of Aragon. This is a full-length survey in English of Isabel's life and literary works.
Physical Description:xvii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-280) and index.
ISBN:9781855662483
1855662485

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