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Aspiring saints [electronic resource] : pretense of holiness, Inquisition, and gender in the Republic of Venice, 1618-1750 / Anne Jacobson Schutte.

By: Schutte, Anne Jacobson.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001Description: xvi, 337 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Subject(s): Inquisition -- Italy -- Venice | Visionaries -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 17th century | Holiness -- Catholic Church -- History of doctrines -- 17th century | Discernment of spirits -- History of doctrines -- 17th century | Women in the Catholic Church -- History -- 17th century | Visionaries -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 18th century | Holiness -- Catholic Church -- History of doctrines -- 18th century | Discernment of spirits -- History of doctrines -- 18th century | Women in the Catholic Church -- History -- 18th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 272/.2/094531 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Preface -- Twelve true stories? -- The Roman Inquisition in Venice -- "Little women" and discernment of spirits -- From study to courtroom -- Refashioning "true" holiness -- Sorceresses, witches, and inquisitors -- Healers of the soul -- Healers of the body -- Rings and other things -- Time and space -- Sex and gender -- Pretense?

Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-326) and index.

Preface -- Twelve true stories? -- The Roman Inquisition in Venice -- "Little women" and discernment of spirits -- From study to courtroom -- Refashioning "true" holiness -- Sorceresses, witches, and inquisitors -- Healers of the soul -- Healers of the body -- Rings and other things -- Time and space -- Sex and gender -- Pretense?

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.