Tempting the Tempter

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Tempting the Tempter

Imitatio Christi and the Encounters of Quattrocento Holy Women with the Devil

Huesman, Amy

Brill

11/2023

236

Dura

Inglês

9789004537408

15 a 20 dias

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????Acknowledgments??


List of Maps and Figures??


Introduction??


1???The Emergence of the Quattrocento ?Santa viva???

?1?The Influence of the Observants


?2?The Influence of a Thriving Print Culture


?3?Attributes of the Living Saint


?4?The Prototype: St. Catherine of Siena


?5?The Hagiographic Tradition


?6?Conditions on the Italian Peninsula




2???Beata Elena Valentini da Udine, Augustinian Tertiary??

?1?From Widow to Bride of Christ


?2?"Of the Temptations and Beatings Given to Her by the Devil"




3???Santa Caterina Vigri da Bologna, Franciscan Nun??

?1?From Afflicted Novice to Beloved Abbess


?2?Spiritual Weapons against the Devil's Tricks




4???Beata Colomba Guadagnoli da Rieti, Dominican Penitent??

?1?From Spiritual Prodigy to Miracle-Working Prophet


?2?The Holy Virgin vs. the Enemy of Virtue




5???Imitatio Christi? in Its Feminine Form??

?1?The Tradition of Imitatio Christi???


?2?A Culture of Imitation


?3?Woman's Body and Christ's Suffering


?4?Woman and Redemptive Suffering


?5?Temptation as Imitation


?6?Temptation in the Hagiographic Tradition




6???The Provocative Holy Woman??

?1?Divine Deception in the Desert


?2?Solitude and the Creation of the Desert


?3?Fasting and Eucharistic Piety


?4?Praying without Ceasing


?5?Punishment of the Flesh


?6?Heroic Asceticism and Diabolical Attraction




7???The Holy Woman as Discerner of Spirits??

?1?The Power of Discretio Spirituum???


?2?Of Heretics and Demons


?3?Jean Gerson and the Need for Discernment


?4?Johannes Nider and the Makings of a Witch Stereotype


?5?Heinrich Kramer and the Witch Defined


?6?Of Discerners and their Detractors




8???The ?Santa viva? in Society??

?1?Service to the Roman Church at Large


?2?Service to the Observant Reform Movement


?3?Service to the Local Community




9???Postmortem Veneration and the Making of a Saint??

?1?Virtus? and the Vox Populi???


?2?The Living Saint: Transgressor or Talisman?


?3?Holy Conjuring or Righteous Provocation?


?4?Who Made the Saint?


?5?Self-Fashioning through Imitation




Conclusion??


Bibliography??


Index??