Elizabeth Evelinge, I: Printed Writings 1500-1640: Series I, Part Three, Volume 3

by Frans Korsten

Overview

The history of the angelicall virgin glorious S.Clare (Douai 1635) is a translation by 'Sister Magdalen' of a work by the Franciscan priest François Hendricq, Vie admirable de madame S. Claire fondatrice des Pauvres Clairesses (1631). In its turn Hendricq's book is largely a translation of parts of Luke Wadding's Annales ordinis minorum ('Annals of the Franciscan Order'). These volumes include an account of the activities of the young woman, Clara Offreduccio di Favarone, one of the many followers of St. Francis of Assisi. In 1212 Clara was advised by St. Francis to withdraw to the monastery at San Damiano in Assisi. In this way St. Francis founded his Second Order, an order of religious women known as the Poor Clares. 'Sister Magdalen' has been identified as Elizabeth Evelinge who belonged to a dissident group of Poor Clares that left their English convent at Gravelines in 1627 and started a new convent at Aire in May 1629. The copy of her translation reproduced in this volume is that of Heythrop College, University of London.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780754604426
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/23/2002
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Contents: Introductory note; Elizabeth Evelinge: The history of the angelicall virgin glorious S. Clare; Appendix: Variant signature E4r-v from the Folger Shakespeare Library copy of The History of the angelicall virgin glorious S. Clare.

Editorial Reviews

'These volumes will undoubtedly be of interest to scholars working on the intersections between print and devotion in the period, particularly those who wish to study how such issues are inflected in female authors and female audiences. Indeed, their publication also speaks to the current interest in bridging traditional gaps between 'medieval' and 'early modern', particularly in terms of how wider networks of publication impacted tightly defined communities.' Sixteenth Century Journal

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