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.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-280) and index. 
505 0 |a Isabel de Villena : her life and times -- Reading the Vita Christi -- Veiled bodies -- Reading red : deepening understanding of red in the Vita Christi -- For richer, for poorer : redrawing the boundaries in the Vita Christi -- The fabric of society : dressing, undressing, and gifting in Sor Isabel's writing -- Shoes, shoes, shoes : stepping out in style -- The crown of stars and Franciscan rosary devotions -- Literary liturgy : Sor Isabel's processions and prayers -- Conclusion -- Appendix : selected chapters translated from the Vita Christi. 
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