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- Colette of Corbie: Learning and Holiness
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- 2010
- Published by: Franciscan Institute Publications
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Colette of Corbie (1381-1447): Learning and Holiness, by Elisabeth Lopez, translated by Joanna Walter will be released for the first time in English. Lopez’s book, originally published in French in 1994, is a serious study of Colette and her reform movement of the Poor Clare Sisters. “Lopez’s book is necessary reading for anyone who wants to understand the many faceted aspects of the history of the Poor Clares,” says Pacelli Millane, O.S.C. Clarisses de Valleyfield. Colette of Corbie is one of the few texts written depicting the historical context and spiritual depth of the reform which offered women of the Second Order the opportunity to return to the observance of the Rule of St. Clare. “It is really wonderful that Elisabeth Lopez’s book has now been translated into English, especially because it fills a gap in the history of Franciscan women during the Late Medieval period and specifically of the Poor Clares, whose diversity, spiritual creativity and influence have been emphasized by recent European scholarship,” states André Vauchez.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-ii
- Abbreviations
- p. viii
- Acknowledgements
- pp. ix-x
- Introduction
- pp. xvii-xx
- Part One- Saint Colette According to the First Biographies and the First Witnesses
- Chapter 2: Vocation and Seclusion
- pp. 27-46
- Chapter 6: Colette's Virtues
- pp. 109-128
- Chapter 7: Eternity in Time
- pp. 129-148
- Part Two- Colette’s Writings and Contemporary Works
- Chapter 1: The Letters
- pp. 165-174
- Chapter 2: The Themes of the Letters
- pp. 175-212
- Chapter 3: The Heritage
- pp. 213-234
- Chapter 5: Colette's Other Writings
- pp. 267-300
- Part Three- Colette and Her Times: What Became of the Reform?
- Chapter I: Witnesses of Colette
- pp. 303-336
- Chapter 2: The Reform Movement
- pp. 337-382
- Chapter 4: Imitating the Model of Holiness
- pp. 431-464
- Conclusion
- pp. 533-538
- Appendices
- pp. 539-560
- Bibliography
- pp. 565-598
- Index of Names
- pp. 599-610
- Index of Places
- pp. 611-618
Additional Information
ISBN
9781576592182
Related ISBN(s)
9781576592175
MARC Record
OCLC
830023616
Pages
616
Launched on MUSE
2012-06-26
Language
English
Open Access
No