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THE EAGLE AND THE DOVE IBD

VINTAGE CLASSICS
03 / 2018
9781784873523
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Sinopsis

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 Th r se of Lisieux was a guileless and sentimental figure of the French bourgeoisie. Teresa the great mystic is the patron saint of Spain, Th r 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.

PVP
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