| Nuns Navigating the Spanish Empire Contributor(s): Owens, Sarah E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0826358942 ISBN-13: 9780826358943 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Church - History - Religion | Monasticism - History | Asia - Southeast Asia |
| Dewey: 271.973 |
| LCCN: 2017009003 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.75 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian - Religious Orientation - Christian - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Religious Orientation - Catholic - Cultural Region - Spanish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nuns Navigating the Spanish Empire tells the remarkable story of a group of nuns who traveled halfway around the globe in the seventeenth century to establish the first female Franciscan convent in the Far East. In 1620 Sor Jer 3nima de la Asunci 3n (1556 1630) and her cofounders left their cloistered convent in Toledo, Spain, journeying to Mexico to board a Manila galleon on their way to the Philippines. Sor Jer 3nima is familiar to art historians for her portrait by Vel zquez that hangs in the Prado Museum in Madrid. What most people do not know is that one of her travel companions, Sor Ana de Cristo (1565 1636), wrote a long biographical account of Sor Jer 3nima and their fifteen-month odyssey. Drawing from Sor Ana (TM)s manuscript, other archival sources, and rare books, Owens (TM)s study offers a fascinating view of travel, evangelization, and empire. |
Contributor Bio(s): Owens, Sarah E.: - Sarah E. Owens is a professor of Spanish at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. She is the editor and translator of Journey of Five Capuchin Nuns and the coeditor of Women of the Iberian Atlantic. |