Tempting the Tempter: Imitatio Christi and the Encounters of Quattrocento Holy Women With the Devil

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Amy R. Huesman, "Tempting the Tempter: Imitatio Christi and the Encounters of Quattrocento Holy Women With the Devil "
English | ISBN: 9004537406 | 2023 | 226 pages | PDF | 22 MB

Tempting the Tempter considers the extent to which fifteenth-century Italian holy women were willing to go in their efforts to imitate Christ, and how their biographers used their struggles with demonic temptations to promote their causes for sainthood.