Mary Ward (1585-1645)
Subtitle: a briefe relation-- with autobiographical fragments and a selection of letters
By: edited by Christina Kenworthy-Browne.
Contributors: Kenworthy-Browne, Christina.; Poyntz, Mary, 1603 or 4-1667.; Catholic Record Society (Great Britain)
Series: Catholic Record Society publications. Records series -- v. 81; Catholic Record Society publications -- v. 81.
Publisher: Published for the Catholic Record Society by the Boydell Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Woodbridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9780902832244; 9789100111946
Subjects: Ward, Mary, -- 1585-1645; Ward, Mary, -- 1585-1645 -- Correspondence; Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Women in the Catholic Church; Catholic women -- Biography; Catholics -- Biography
Genres: Correspondence; Biography
Description: This book contains the earliest biography (c. 1650) of Mary Ward, founder of the Congregation of Jesus, and other source texts, hitherto available only in manuscripts kept in private archives. Introductions and notes have been added to set the texts in context.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-169) and indexes.