Tempting the Tempter: : : Imitatio Christi and the encounters of Quattrocento holy women with the Devil / / Amy R. Huesman.
"Tempting the Tempter considers how far fifteenth-century Italian mystics would go to imitate Christ, even in his encounters with the Devil in the desert. This work explores how these women actively pursued encounters with the Devil, and how these private temptations prepared them for a public...
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| Superior document: | Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; volume 204 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden : : BRILL,, 2023. |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in the history of Christian traditions ;
volume 204. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 226 pages) :; illustrations. |
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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.