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Two lives of Saint Colette : with a selection of letters by, to, and about Colette
Title
Two lives of Saint Colette : with a selection of letters by, to, and about Colette / Pierre de Vaux and Sister Perrine de Baume ; edited and translated by Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski.
ISBN
9781649590664
1649590660
9781649590671
9781649590688
Publication
New York : Iter Press, 2022.
Copyright Notice Date
©2022
Physical Description
xii, 288 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes translations based on Vaux's1494 manuscript that was housed at the convent of the Poor Clares in Amiens, now in the archives at Amiens, and Baume's known as Manuscript 2 in the Monasterium "Bethlehem" of the Zusters Clarissen-Coletienen in Ghent, and a copy made in 1494 from the original.
Translations from Middle French.
Summary
"Two contemporary lives of the fifteenth-century Saint Colette of Corbie, a spiritual seeker, a Franciscan reformer, the founder or reformer of seventeen Clarissan convents, and one of the most influential of all pre-modern European women in terms of her impact on her social and cultural world"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Two lives of saint Colette New York : Iter Press, 2022
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 17, 2022
Series
The other voice in early modern Europe. The Toronto series ; 94
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction. Saint Colette in her world ; A brief biography of Colette of Corbie ; Colette in her cloister
and on the road
The life of Saint Colette / by Pierre de Vaux
The life of Saint Colette / by Sister Perrine de Baume
Letters by, to, and about Colette.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Biographies.
Early works.
History.
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