The Resource Aspiring saints : pretense of holiness, Inquisition, and gender in the Republic of Venice, 1618-1750, Anne Jacobson Schutte
Aspiring saints : pretense of holiness, Inquisition, and gender in the Republic of Venice, 1618-1750, Anne Jacobson Schutte
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- Summary
- Between 1618 and 1750, sixteen people - nine women and seven men - were brought to the attention of the ecclesiastical authorities in Venice because they were reporting visions, revelations, and special privileges from heaven. All were investigated, and most were put on trial by the Holy Office of the Inquisition on a charge of heresy under various rubrics that might be translated as "pretense of holiness." Anne Jacobson Schutte looks closely at the institutional, cultural, and religious contexts that gave rise to the phenomenon of visionaries in Venice. To explain the worldview of the prosecutors as well as the prosecuted, Schutte examines inquisitorial trial dossiers, theological manuals, spiritual treatises, and medical works that shaped early modern Italians' understanding of the differences between orthodox Catholic belief and heresy. In particular, she demonstrates that socially constructed assumptions about males and females affected how the Inquisition treated the accused parties. The women charged with heresy were non-elites who generally claimed to experience ecstatic visions and receive messages; the men were usually clergy who responded to these women without claiming any supernatural experience themselves. Because they "should have known better," the men were judged more harshly by authorities. Placing the events in a context larger than just the inquisitorial process, Aspiring Saints sheds new light on the history of religion, the dynamics of gender relations, and the ambiguous boundary between sincerity and pretense in early modern Italy
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 337 pages)
- Contents
-
- Preface
- Twelve true stories?
- The Roman Inquisition in Venice
- "Little women" and discernment of spirits
- From study to courtroom
- Refashioning "true" holiness
- Sorceresses, witches, and inquisitors
- Healers of the soul
- Healers of the body
- Rings and other things
- Time and space
- Sex and gender
- Pretense?
- Isbn
- 9780801865480
- Label
- Aspiring saints : pretense of holiness, Inquisition, and gender in the Republic of Venice, 1618-1750
- Title
- Aspiring saints
- Title remainder
- pretense of holiness, Inquisition, and gender in the Republic of Venice, 1618-1750
- Statement of responsibility
- Anne Jacobson Schutte
- Subject
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- 1600-1799
- Discernment of spirits -- History of doctrines
- Discernment of spirits -- History of doctrines -- 17th century
- Discernment of spirits -- History of doctrines -- 18th century
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Frau
- Frau
- Heiligkeit
- Heiligverklaring
- History
- Holiness -- Catholic Church | History of doctrines
- Holiness -- Catholic Church | History of doctrines -- 17th century
- Holiness -- Catholic Church | History of doctrines -- 18th century
- Inquisitie
- Inquisition
- Inquisition -- Italy | Venice
- Italy -- Venice
- RELIGION -- History
- Sekseverschillen
- Venedig
- Venetië (stad)
- Visionaries
- Visionaries -- Italy | Venice -- History -- 17th century
- Visionaries -- Italy | Venice -- History -- 18th century
- Women in the Catholic Church
- Women in the Catholic Church -- History -- 17th century
- Women in the Catholic Church -- History -- 18th century
- Inquisition
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Between 1618 and 1750, sixteen people - nine women and seven men - were brought to the attention of the ecclesiastical authorities in Venice because they were reporting visions, revelations, and special privileges from heaven. All were investigated, and most were put on trial by the Holy Office of the Inquisition on a charge of heresy under various rubrics that might be translated as "pretense of holiness." Anne Jacobson Schutte looks closely at the institutional, cultural, and religious contexts that gave rise to the phenomenon of visionaries in Venice. To explain the worldview of the prosecutors as well as the prosecuted, Schutte examines inquisitorial trial dossiers, theological manuals, spiritual treatises, and medical works that shaped early modern Italians' understanding of the differences between orthodox Catholic belief and heresy. In particular, she demonstrates that socially constructed assumptions about males and females affected how the Inquisition treated the accused parties. The women charged with heresy were non-elites who generally claimed to experience ecstatic visions and receive messages; the men were usually clergy who responded to these women without claiming any supernatural experience themselves. Because they "should have known better," the men were judged more harshly by authorities. Placing the events in a context larger than just the inquisitorial process, Aspiring Saints sheds new light on the history of religion, the dynamics of gender relations, and the ambiguous boundary between sincerity and pretense in early modern Italy
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Schutte, Anne Jacobson
- Dewey number
- 272/.2/094531
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- BX1723
- LC item number
- .S38 2001eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Inquisition
- Visionaries
- Holiness
- Discernment of spirits
- Women in the Catholic Church
- Visionaries
- Holiness
- Discernment of spirits
- Women in the Catholic Church
- RELIGION
- Discernment of spirits
- Holiness
- Inquisition
- Visionaries
- Women in the Catholic Church
- Italy
- Frau
- Heiligkeit
- Inquisition
- Venedig
- Inquisitie
- Sekseverschillen
- Heiligverklaring
- Venetië (stad)
- Frau
- Label
- Aspiring saints : pretense of holiness, Inquisition, and gender in the Republic of Venice, 1618-1750, Anne Jacobson Schutte
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-326) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface -- Twelve true stories? -- The Roman Inquisition in Venice -- "Little women" and discernment of spirits -- From study to courtroom -- Refashioning "true" holiness -- Sorceresses, witches, and inquisitors -- Healers of the soul -- Healers of the body -- Rings and other things -- Time and space -- Sex and gender -- Pretense?
- Control code
- 51481173
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 337 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780801865480
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)51481173
- Label
- Aspiring saints : pretense of holiness, Inquisition, and gender in the Republic of Venice, 1618-1750, Anne Jacobson Schutte
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-326) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface -- Twelve true stories? -- The Roman Inquisition in Venice -- "Little women" and discernment of spirits -- From study to courtroom -- Refashioning "true" holiness -- Sorceresses, witches, and inquisitors -- Healers of the soul -- Healers of the body -- Rings and other things -- Time and space -- Sex and gender -- Pretense?
- Control code
- 51481173
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 337 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780801865480
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)51481173
Subject
- 1600-1799
- Discernment of spirits -- History of doctrines
- Discernment of spirits -- History of doctrines -- 17th century
- Discernment of spirits -- History of doctrines -- 18th century
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Frau
- Frau
- Heiligkeit
- Heiligverklaring
- History
- Holiness -- Catholic Church | History of doctrines
- Holiness -- Catholic Church | History of doctrines -- 17th century
- Holiness -- Catholic Church | History of doctrines -- 18th century
- Inquisitie
- Inquisition
- Inquisition -- Italy | Venice
- Italy -- Venice
- RELIGION -- History
- Sekseverschillen
- Venedig
- Venetië (stad)
- Visionaries
- Visionaries -- Italy | Venice -- History -- 17th century
- Visionaries -- Italy | Venice -- History -- 18th century
- Women in the Catholic Church
- Women in the Catholic Church -- History -- 17th century
- Women in the Catholic Church -- History -- 18th century
- Inquisition
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