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Between Exaltation and Infamy: Female Mystics in the Golden Age of Spain Haliczer, Stephen (Presidential Research Professor of History, Presidential Research Professor of History, Northern Illinois University)
Between Exaltation and Infamy: Female Mystics in the Golden Age of Spain
Haliczer, Stephen (Presidential Research Professor of History, Presidential Research Professor of History, Northern Illinois University)
Using case-studies and biographies, this book looks at women's mysticism in 16th- and 17th-century Spain. The author investigates the forces that caused these individuals to choose this life. He shows how mysticism provided women with a way to transcend the control of the male-dominated Church.
356 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | August 29, 2002 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195148633 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 360 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 235 × 24 mm · 521 g |
| Language | English |