Cancionero de la inmaculada concepción de la Santísima Virgen María, madre de Dios y Señora Nuestra
Author: Francisco Rodríguez Zapata y Álvarez
Publisher:
Published: 1875
Total Pages: 794
ISBN-13:
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The Guitar of God
Author: Ronald E. Surtz
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2016-11-11
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 1512808164
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUntil recently, Spanish literary historiography has virtually ignored hundreds of women who wrote between 1500 and 1700. Most of them wrote to record, defend, and disseminate their spiritual visions, for despite the general disempowerment of Spanish women, female visionaries enjoyed considerable authority. This book recovers and examines the visionary experiences of Mother Juana de la Cruz, the most famous of these women during her lifetime and for two centuries afterwards. Born of peasant stock, she became abbess of a Franciscan convent and a mystic who was visited not only by Cardinal Cisneros, but by Emperor Charles V himself. Ronald E. Surtz places Mother Juana's visions in the religious and social context of the age and discusses such pertinent biographical elements as the nun's own androgyny. His focus is on the questions of gender, power, and authority, so pertinent to our own age. The Guitar of God will be of particular interest to scholars and students of late medieval Spanish culture, religion, and history, and women's studies.
Hora Santa
Author: Mateo C. Boevey
Publisher:
Published: 1978-01-01
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780819805799
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Fabric of Marian Devotion in Isabel de Villena's Vita Christi
Author: Lesley K. Twomey
Publisher: Tamesis Books
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 1855662485
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst comprehensive survey of Isabel de Villena (Sor Isabel), the fifteenth-century Spanish nun and writer. Isabel de Villena (1430-1490) is one of the most fascinating women of the Spanish middle ages. Related to the royal family, she became abbess of the Poor Clare convent, the Santa Trinitat, in Valencia in 1462, a position she heldfor almost thirty years until her death. Her treatise on the religious life, Vita Christi, was the first book by a woman to be printed in the kingdom of Aragon. This is the first full-length survey in English of Isabel's life and literary works. The author pays particular attention to the way in which devotion to the Virgin Mary is manifested and described through material culture, on her rich fabrics, brocades, silks, shoes, and crown. The book thus highlights not only Isabel's distinctive contribution to the genre of the Vita Christi, but also reflects the status of Valencia as a centre for trade and producer of silks and velvets at the time, as well as its flourishing shoe-making industry. Lesley K. Twomey is Principal Lecturer, Hispanic Studies, Northumbria University.
Cuentos Oraciones
Author: Fernán Caballero
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2023-07-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781021997067
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFernán Caballero's collection of Spanish-language folktales and traditions includes stories, prayers, riddles, and sayings gathered from oral traditions throughout Spain. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Significance of Clothing Imagery in the Pauline Corpus
Author: Jung Hoon Kim
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2004-11-30
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 0567082466
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThere are references to clothing throughout Paul's letters, and the metaphor constitutes a significant aspect of his theology. The imagery appears several times in his letters: clothing with Christ (Gal 3:27; Rom 13:14), clothing with the new man (Col 3:9-10; Eph 4:22-24), and clothing with the resurrection body (1 Cor 15:49, 50-54; 2Cor 5:1-4). In order to understand the background to this use of the clothing metaphor, Jung Hoon Kim examines similar imagery in the Old Testament, 1 and 2 Enoch, the Apocalypse of Moses, Philo, rabbinic literature, Joseph and Aseneth, the Hymn of the Pearl, and Apuleius's Metamorphoses. He also discusses the Roman custom of clothing and the baptismal praxis of the ancient church. Kim concludes that Paul's metaphor suggests the life and glory of the image of God, which were lost by Adam, have been restored by baptism in Christ, and will go on to be consummated at the parousia.
The Serpent and the Rose: The Immaculate Conception and Hispanic Poetry in the Late Medieval Period
Author: Lesley K. Twomey
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2008-06-03
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9047433203
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Serpent and the Rose examines the theological and liturgical context for the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception in the Middle Ages, from primary sources in Iberian archives. Its main focus is a study of Marian poetry from Alfonso the Wise and Gonzalo de Berceo through to the poetry collections of the late fifteenth century, showing how poets took themes from the Bible and apocryphal literature, combining them to defend and praise Mary’s conception without sin. Individual chapters assess how they depicted Mary’s prefiguration in the Old Testament by the Woman who defeated the serpent, the young bride of the Song of Songs, or the semi-deity, Wisdom, how they portray her as the mystic rose and as the new Eve.
Contested Pasts
Author: Katharine Hodgkin
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003-09-02
Total Pages: 508
ISBN-13: 1134448244
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis inter-disciplinary volume demonstrates, from a range of perspectives, the complex cultural work and struggles over meaning that lie at the heart of what we call memory. In the last decade, a focus on memory in the human sciences has encouraged new approaches to the study of the past. As the humanities and social sciences have put into question their own claims to objectivity, authority and universality, memory has appeared to offer a way of engaging with knowledge of the past as inevitably partial, subjective and local. At the same time, memory and memorial practices have become sites of contestation, and the politics of memory are increasingly prominent.
Mexican Americans and World War II
Author: Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2005-04-01
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780292706811
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA valuable book and the first significant scholarship on Mexican Americans in World War II. Up to 750,000 Mexican American men served in World War II, earning more Medals of Honor and other decorations in proportion to their numbers than any other ethnic group.
Franciscans at Prayer
Author: Timothy J. Johnson
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 548
ISBN-13: 9004156992
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSurveying the broad panorama of medieval Franciscans at prayer, this book offers a nuanced perspective on Franciscan beliefs and spiritual practices that underscores the depth and breath of their mutual passion for the divine and the world they shared.
