Description: Further DetailsTitle: Portraits of Holy WomenCondition: NewEAN: 9781855662599ISBN: 9781855662599Publisher: Tamesis BooksFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 06/20/2013Item Height: 234mmItem Length: 154mmAuthor: Isabel de VillenaLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Selections from the Vita ChristiISBN-10: 1855662590Description: The Vita Christi, written by the abbess Isabel de Villena, is the only literary work in Catalan to bear the signature of a woman during the Middle Ages. It represents a fascinating re-evaluation of the role women played inthe life of Jesus Christ.The Life of Christ (Vita Christi), written by the abbess Isabel de Villena, is the only literary work to have been preserved in Catalan and to bear the signature of a woman during the Middle Ages. It was composed to provide spiritual direction for the nuns within the community of Poor Clares which Sor (i.e. Sister) Isabel oversaw at the Convent of the Holy Trinity in Valencia. The work was only able to emerge from obscurity by accident. In 1497 Queen Isabel of Castile, the wife of Ferdinand of Catalonia-Aragon, who had heard news of the book's existence, asked Sor Isabel's successor for a copy. The new Abbess, Sor Aldonça, responded by bringing the work to press.Queen Isabel's interest in Sor Isabel's book was understandable. The former abbess had been the daughter of the refined and restless Marquess of Villena, and was herself educated at Court, a milieu with which she maintained very positive relations throughout her life. As an abbess, what's more, she carried out important reforms at the convent and became a valued and respected figure within the dynamic cultural world of the Valencia of her day. Isabelde Villena's Vita Christi has often been interpreted as a response, delivered from the serenity of the cloister, to the misogyny and satire against the female gender emanating from certain books written at that time. Sor Isabel's work is a re-evaluation of the role women played in the life of Jesus Christ, a role at variance with the subsidiary one ascribed to them by the majority of commentators. Published in association with Editorial Barcino, Barcelona.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBTranslator: Robert D. HughesContributor: Robert D. Hughes (Translated by), Joan Curbet (Edited by)Genre: Literary CriticismBook Series: Textos BTopic: Philosophy & SpiritualityItem Weight: 466gRelease Year: 2013 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Portraits of Holy Women
Title: Portraits of Holy Women
EAN: 9781855662599
ISBN: 9781855662599
Release Date: 06/20/2013
Release Year: 2013
Subtitle: Selections from the Vita Christi
ISBN-10: 1855662590
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Translator: Robert D. Hughes
Contributor: Joan Curbet (Edited by)
Genre: Literary Criticism
Topic: Philosophy & Spirituality
Number of Pages: 180 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Portraits of Holy Women : Selections from the Vita Christi
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, The Limited
Subject: Christian Theology / Christology, Women Authors, Medieval, Christianity / General, Biblical Studies / General
Publication Year: 2013
Item Height: 0.7 in
Item Weight: 16.4 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Isabel De Villena
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Religion
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.2 in
Series: Textos B Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
