Autobiography of an aspiring saint / Cecilia Ferrazzi ; transcribed, translated, and edited by Anne Jacobson Schutte.

By:

Ferrazzi, Cecilia, 1609-1684

Contributor(s):

Schutte, Anne Jacobson

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Series: Other voice in early modern EuropePublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1996.Description: 1 online resource (xxix, 101 pages) : map, facsimileContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

0226244482
9780226244488
9780226244464
0226244466

Uniform titles:

Autobiografia di una santa mancata. English

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Autobiography of an aspiring saint.DDC classification:

282/.092 B 20

LOC classification:

BX4705.F48 A3 1996beb

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Contents:

Introduction to the Series; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Note on the Translation; Testimony of Ferrazzi Preceding Her Autobiography; Autobiography of Cecilia Ferrazzi; Appendix 1: Persons Mentioned in the Text; Appendix 2: Places Mentioned in the Text; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

Summary: Charged by the Venetian Inquisition with the conscious and cynical feigning of holiness, Cecelia Ferrazzi (1609-1684) requested and obtained the unprecedented opportunity to defend herself through a presentation of her life story. Ferrazzi's unique inquisitorial autobiography and the transcripts of her preceding testimony, expertly transcribed and eloquently translated into English, allow us to enter an unfamiliar sector of the past and hear 'another voice'?that of a humble Venetian woman who had extraordinary experiences and exhibited exceptional courage. Born in 1609 into an artisan family,

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-96) and index.

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Charged by the Venetian Inquisition with the conscious and cynical feigning of holiness, Cecelia Ferrazzi (1609-1684) requested and obtained the unprecedented opportunity to defend herself through a presentation of her life story. Ferrazzi's unique inquisitorial autobiography and the transcripts of her preceding testimony, expertly transcribed and eloquently translated into English, allow us to enter an unfamiliar sector of the past and hear 'another voice'?that of a humble Venetian woman who had extraordinary experiences and exhibited exceptional courage. Born in 1609 into an artisan family,

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