Women Religious and Epistolary Exchange in the Carmelite Reform: The Disciples of Teresa de Avila

By B�rbara Mujica and Bárbara Mujica

1. This book draws heavily on woman-authored materials, especially letters, to tell the story of the Carmelite reform. 2. This book brings to light a wealth of new material, such as a letter to Mar a de San Jos from a Discalced Carmelite friar who participated in the Spanish Armada and was left stranded off the coast of Ireland and a letter from a Clarissa prioress who was fled to Portugal from Flanders. 3. This book provides a multitude of documents (letters, testimonies) that have never before been translated into English.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9463723439
• ISBN13: 9789463723435
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Length: 328 Pages