Between Exaltation and Infamy
Subtitle: Female Mystics in the Golden Age of Spain
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: August 29, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780195148510
Subjects: Christian mysticism; European history: c 1500 to c 1750; Women's studies; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; Art; Religion - Inspirational/Spirituality; Religion; Spain; Christianity - History - General; Europe - Spain & Portugal; History / Spain & Portugal; European; 16th century; 17th century; History; Mysticism; Women mystics
First sentence: Notwithstanding the onset of the scientific revolution, the dominant intellectual concern in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe was the search for the way in which humans could directly receive the influence of heavenly forces.