Colette of Corbie (1381-1447) : learning and holiness

Colette of Corbie (1381-1447) : learning and holiness / Elisabeth Lopez ; translated by Joanna Waller ; edited by Elise Saggau.

For the first time, Elizabeth Lopez's 1994 masterwork on Colette of Corbie is available in a superb English translation. This important work fills a gap in the history of Franciscan women during the late Medieval period and specifically of the Poor Clares, whose diversity, spiritual creativity...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lopez, Elisabeth
Other Authors: Saggau, Elise, Waller, Joanna
Format: eBook
Language:English
French
Published: St. Bonaventure, NY : Francisan Institute, St. Bonaventure University, ©2011.
Subjects:
Colette, > Saint, > 1381-1447.
Colette, > Saint, > 1381-1447
Coletta (Heilige)
Poor Clares > History.
Colettines > History.
Colettines
Poor Clares
Colettinnen
600-1500
Geschichte.
Christian saints > France > Biography.
Christian saints > Cult > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Christian saints
Christian saints > Cult > History of doctrines > Middle Ages
France
Biographies
History
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Table of Contents:
  • ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Part One â€? Saint Colette According to The First Biographies and The First Witnesses""; ""Chapter 1 â€? Childhood and Adolescence""; ""The Authors and Their Works""; ""Review of Texts on Childhood""; ""The Parents and Colette as a Child""; ""The Narrative Technique""; ""Chapter 2 â€? Vocation and Seclusion""; ""Seeking Religious Life""; ""Awareness of Mission""; ""The Saint before the Heavenly Court""; ""The Consequences of the Vision""
  • ""Chapter 3 â€? The Journey to Nice and The Visit to The Pope""""Accounts of the Journey""; ""The Interview with the Pope""; ""Official Documents and Hagiographical Interpretation""; ""Chapter 4 â€? Coletteâ€?s Personality and Her Piety""; ""Coletteâ€?s Personality""; ""Prayer""; ""Devotions""; ""Chapter 5 â€? Marvels, Extraordinary Events, and Spirituality""; ""The Marvelous""; ""The Extraordinary""; ""Spirituality""; ""Chapter 6 â€? Coletteâ€?s Virtues""; ""Religious Virtues and Vows""; ""Antithetical Structure""; ""Materiality of Signs and Spiritualization of the Physical""
  • ""The Function of Suffering""""Chapter 7 â€? Eternity in Time""; ""Reality Emerges""; ""Colette Confronts Eternity: The Story Restored""; ""Chapter 8 â€? The First Enquiries for Canonization""; ""Testimony of the “Old People of Corbieâ€?""; ""Katherine Rufinéâ€?s Letter""; ""The “Memoir of Hesdinâ€?""; ""Part Two â€? Coletteâ€?s Writings and Contemporary Works""; ""Chapter 1 â€? The Letters""; ""Presentation""; ""The Purpose of the Letters""; ""Chapter 2 â€? The Themes of The Letters""; ""Relationships with People outside the Order""
  • ""Relations with Religious Brothers and Sisters in Her Congregation""""The Inner life and the Representation of Spiritual Realities""; ""Chapter 3 â€? The Heritage""; ""The Origins of the Rule of Saint Clare""; ""Some Aspects of the Rule""; ""Chapter 4 â€? The Constitutions of Saint Colette""; ""Structure""; ""Analysis""; ""The Internal Operation of the Community""; ""Chapter 5 â€? Coletteâ€?s Other Writings""; ""The Sentiments: Key Ideas""; ""The Regulations""; ""The Counsels, Little Regulations, and Intentions""; ""The Testament or Colettine Fruitfulness""
  • ""Part Three â€? Colette and Her Times: What Became of The Reform?""""Chapter 1 â€? Witnesses of Colette""; ""Relationship with the World""; ""Relations with the Church""; ""Relations with the Franciscan Order""; ""Chapter 2 â€? The Reform Movement""; ""Legislative Texts of the Observant Friars""; ""The Writings of Brother Henry de Baume""; ""The Text and the References""; ""Interpersonal Relations and Those with the Sisters""; ""The Moral and Spiritual Picture of the Friar Minor""; ""Works Intended for Lay People""; ""Chapter 3 â€? The Italian Clarisses of The Fifteenth Century""

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