Aspiring saints : pretense of holiness, Inquisition, and gender in the Republic of Venice, 1618-1750 / / Anne Jacobson Schutte.

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Year of Publication:2001
Language:English
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Physical Description:xvi, 337 p. :; ill.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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?