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. “Luisa de Carvajal’s writings offer compelling accounts of the persecution of English recusants and insights into the political and diplomatic background to the pax hispanica. Her religious poetry and autobiographica

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Anne J Cruz; Victoria University (Toronto, Ont). Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies

Luisa de Carvajal y Mendoza; Cruz, Anne J

de Carvajal y Mendoza, Luisa

Iter Inc. : Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies

University of Toronto Press

Chicago Distribution Center (CDC Presses), [N.p.], 2023

Canada - English Language, Canada

Toronto, April 2015

Bilingual, US, 2014

29, Toronto, 2014

Mar 01, 2014

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Source title: The Life and Writings of Luisa De Carvajal Y Mendoza (The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series) (Volume 29)

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

Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Other Voice
Luisa de Carvajal’s Life Writings
The World of the Spanish Nobility
Early Childhood Reminiscences
Adolescence and Penitential Discipline
Spiritual Poetry
The Sacred and the Profane in Carvajal’s Spiritual Poetry
Correspondence
Desire for Martyrdom in England
Missionary Life in London
A Roman Priest in Women’s Clothing
The Traffic in Relics
Circulating Her Life Story
Luisa de Carvajal’s Afterlife
Autobiography
Selected Spiritual Poems
Selected Correspondence of Luisa de Carvajal y Mendoza
Bibliography
Index

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