Notes
Translated from the Spanish.
Autobiography is translated from: Camilo María Abad, S.J., ed. Luisa de Carvajal: Escritos autobiográficos. Espirituales Españoles, vol. 20. Barcelona : Juan Flors, 1966; Poetry is translated from: Luis Muñoz, Vida y virtudes de la venerable virgen doña Luisa de Carvajal y Mendoza. Madrid : Casa Real, 1632. Rpt. 1897; Correspondence is translated from: Luisa de Carvajal y Mendoza. Epistolario y poesías. Ed. Jesús González Marañón and Camilo María Abad, S.J., vol. 179. Madrid : Biblioteca de Autores Españoles, 1965.
Summary
Rejecting marriage and the convent, the Spanish noblewoman, poet, and religious activist Luisa de Carvajal y Mendoza (Jaraicejo 1566-London 1614) led an uncommon life of adventure and spiritual devotion. Orphaned as a child, she lived first at Philip II's court, and then with an uncle, the Viceroy of Navarra, who enforced harsh discipline on his ward. Through her contacts with the English Jesuits, Carvajal traveled secretly to London as a self-appointed missionary, where she was jailed twice for preaching against Anglicanism. A tireless writer, Carvajal left a small but impressive collection of spiritual poetry, an auto-biography, and over two hundred letters. This volume provides a scholarly introduction and translations of selections from her writings. -- Amazon.com.
Other formats
Issued also in electronic format.
Carvajal y Mendoza, Luisa de, 1566-1614. Works. Selections. English. Life and writings of Luisa de Carvajal y Mendoza./. Toronto : Iter Inc. : Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, 2014. Other voice in early modern Europe. Toronto series The other voice in early modern Europe. The Toronto series ;