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Elizabeth Evelinge, now firmly believed to have been the translator
of The admirable life of the holy virgin S. Catharine of Bologna,
entered the English Poor Clare monastery in Gravelines in 1620.
After ongoing dissension at Gravelines, along with Catharine
Bentley (originally believed to be the translator) she founded a
new cloister at Aire. Evelinge served as abbess here for 25 years.
Her 1621 translation of Catharine of Bologna's life and Spiritual
weapons, with their exemplary advice about how to survive the
temptations and conflicts of cloistered life, aimed at assisting
the troubled English Poor Clares in their time of need. Whether
designed to further the Franciscan cause within the cloister or
simply to offer solace, the translation of this text occurred
because of the dissension in the house at Gravelines. Moreover, it
is possible that Catharine of Bologna represented so compelling a
model of Poor Clare spirituality that Elizabeth Evelinge, whose
piety and talents mirrored those of her subject, deemed herself too
humble to ascribe her intellectual achievements to herself, which
led to the debate about who translated the text.
Founded in 1415, the double monastery of Syon Abbey was the only
English example of the order established by the fourteenth-century
mystic St Bridget of Sweden. After its dispersal at the
Dissolution, the community survived in exile and was briefly
restored during the reign of Mary I; but with the accession of
Elizabeth I, some of the nuns and brothers once again sought refuge
on the Continent, first in the Netherlands and later in Lisbon.
This volumeof essays traces the fortunes of Syon Abbey and the
Bridgettine order between 1400 and 1700, examining the various ways
in which reading and writing shaped its identity and defined its
experience, and exploring the interconnections between late
medieval and post-Reformation monastic history and the rapidly
evolving world of communication, learning, and books. They extend
our understanding of religious culture and institutions on the eve
of the Reformationand the impulses that inspired initiatives for
early modern Catholic renewal, and also illuminate the spread of
literacy and the gradual and uneven transition from manuscript to
print between the fourteenth and the seventeenth centuries. In the
process, the volume engages with larger questions about the origins
and consequences of religious, intellectual and cultural change in
late medieval and early modern England. E.A. JONES is Senior
Lecturerin English, University of Exeter; ALEXANDRA WALSHAM is
Professor of Modern History and a Fellow of Trinity College,
Cambridge. Contributors: E.A. Jones, Alexandra Walsham, Peter
Cunich, Virginia Bainbridge, Vincent Gillespie, C. Annette Grise,
Claire Walker, Caroline Bowden, Claes Gejrot, Ann Hutchison
During the period of the Baroque and Enlightenment the word
"emotion", denoting passions and feelings, came into usage, albeit
in an irregular fashion. "Emotion" ultimately emerged as a term in
its own right, and evolved in English from meaning physical
agitation to describe mental feeling. However, the older
terminology of "passions" and "affections" continued as the
dominant discourse structuring thinking about feeling and its wider
religious, political, social, economic, and moral imperatives. The
emotional cultures described in these essays enable some
comparative discussion about the history of emotions, and
particularly the causes and consequences of emotional change in the
larger cultural contexts of the Baroque and Enlightenment. Emotions
research has enabled a rethinking of dominant narratives of the
period-of histories of revolution, state-building, the rise of the
public sphere, religious and scientific transformation, and more.
As a new and dynamic field, the essays here are just the beginning
of a much bigger history of emotions.
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Angel Rises (Paperback)
Leslie Claire Walker
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Leslie Claire Walker
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During the period of the Baroque and Enlightenment the word
"emotion", denoting passions and feelings, came into usage, albeit
in an irregular fashion. "Emotion" ultimately emerged as a term in
its own right, and evolved in English from meaning physical
agitation to describe mental feeling. However, the older
terminology of "passions" and "affections" continued as the
dominant discourse structuring thinking about feeling and its wider
religious, political, social, economic, and moral imperatives. The
emotional cultures described in these essays enable some
comparative discussion about the history of emotions, and
particularly the causes and consequences of emotional change in the
larger cultural contexts of the Baroque and Enlightenment. Emotions
research has enabled a rethinking of dominant narratives of the
period-of histories of revolution, state-building, the rise of the
public sphere, religious and scientific transformation, and more.
As a new and dynamic field, the essays here are just the beginning
of a much bigger history of emotions.
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Leslie Claire Walker
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Leslie Claire Walker
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Marty the Mole (Paperback)
Rachel Jans; Illustrated by Claire Walker
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A quiet rainy afternoon indoors turns into an exciting, high-speed
adventure for Barbian the Metal Diggle Dragon and George. Find out
what happens when the spaceship they have built flies out of the
window at great speed, races to the moon and unexpectedly gets
caught up in a wishing star storm!
A quiet rainy afternoon indoors turns into an exciting, high-speed
adventure for Barbian the Metal Diggle Dragon and George. Find out
what happens when the spaceship they have built flies out of the
window at great speed, races to the moon and unexpectedly gets
caught up in a wishing star storm!
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Reaper (Paperback)
Leslie Claire Walker
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Hank barely balances school, friends, and family with his part-time
night gig as a Grim Reaper-until a murder hurtles him into all-out
war between Bright and Dark angels. The angels force him to take
sides. He chooses the only one he can-his own. Outcast and in
mortal danger, only he can save your soul.
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