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Author Schutte, Anne Jacobson.

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

Imprint Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xvi, 337 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-326) and index.
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?
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject 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 century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0801876869
0801865484 (alk. paper)

 
    
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