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The Eagle and the Dove
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Verlag: | Vintage Digital |
Format: | EPUB |
Veröffentl.: | 08.03.2018 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9781473553002 |
Sprache: | englisch |
Anzahl Seiten: | 192 |
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Beschreibungen
The two saints whose lives Vita Sackville-West contrasts in this double biography were recorded by very different epithets: 'the great' and 'the little'. Both women were Carmelites, both canonised and both shared the same name. But whilst Teresa of Avila was aristocratic, intellectual, vigorous and humorous, a Spanish woman of the sixteenth century, Ther se of Lisieux was a guileless and sentimental figure of the French bourgeoisie. Teresa, the great mystic, is the patron saint of Spain; Ther se, the humble nun, is probably the most beloved saint in the entire Calendar. The extraordinary rise of the cult of both women is scrutinised.