May 31, 2021
Haude Morvan, « Liturgy, Reform, and Vision in the Sermons of Juana de la Cruz », Observer l'observance, ID : 10670/1.hs3t68
Pablo Acosta-García, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf (pablo.garcia.acosta@gmail.com) Around 1508, the Franciscan abbess Juana de la Cruz (1481-1534) started to preach in raptu in the Convent of Santa María de la Cruz in Cubas de la Sagra (Toledo, Crown of Castile). Thirteen years later, 72 of her visionary sermons were compiled in the massive Libro del conhorte (The Book of Consolation). This charismatic activity needs to be understood in the context of the campaign by the Catholic Mo...