Maria Petyt - a Carmelite Mystic in Wartime / / edited by Joseph Chalmers [and three others].

Based on the discovery of an unknown Latin manuscript, Maria Petyt - A Carmelite Mystic in Wartime provides surprising new information about the seventeenth century Flemish mystic Maria Petyt (1623-1677) who wrote many letters to her spiritual director, Michael of St. Augustine.

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Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Radboud Studies in Humanities Series ; Volume 4
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Edition:First edition.
Language:English
Series:Radboud studies in humanities ; Volume 4.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 292 pages) :; illustrations, 1 colour map; digital, PDF file(s).
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction / Elisabeth Hense , Veronie Meeuwsen and Esther van de Vate
  • 1 Maria Petyt – A Short Biography / Esther van de Vate
  • 2 Maria Petyt against the Background of the Political and Religious Situation in Flanders in the Seventeenth Century / Esther van de Vate
  • 3 Daily Life at the Hermitage in Mechelen at the Time of Maria Petyt (1657–1677) / Michel van Meerbeeck
  • 4 Living as a Spiritual Virgin and Claiming Prophetic Authority: The Parallel Lives of Maria Petyt and Antoinette Bourignon / Mirjam de Baar
  • 5 Some Notes on the History of the Latin Manuscript of the Life of Maria Petyt by Michael of St. Augustine / Giovanni Grosso
  • 6 ‘Oh, How Spiritual Directors are Obliged to Remain Silent!’ Michael’s Redaction of the Writings of Maria Petyt: Some Initial Findings / Esther van de Vate
  • 7 The Latin Manuscript about the Dutch War and Its Translation in English / Veronie Meeuwsen (ed.)
  • 8 Maria Petyt’s Support of the French King / Veronie Meeuwsen
  • 9 The Spirituality of Teresa of Avila and the Latin Manuscript about the Dutch War (folios 30r–49v) / Elisabeth Hense
  • 10 The Prophetic Spirituality of Maria Petyt in the Latin Manuscript about the Dutch War / Anne-Marie Bos
  • Epilogue / Joseph Chalmers
  • Index / Joseph Chalmers , Elisabeth Hense , Veronie Meeuwsen and Esther van de Vate.