These three allegorical treatises by Gabrielle de Bourbon are both an experiment in personal asceticism and an instrument for educating the laity. They have the peculiarity of being addressed to “poor little women and simple people” and of rereading the life of Christ and of the devout soul from a feminine perspective.
ISBN:978-2-406-13264-6
ISSN: 1262-2842
DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-37312-337-1
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
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Keyword: Jehan Henry, symbol, theological and cardinal virtues, imitation of Jesus Christ, mysticism, miniatures, feminine writing, dialogical treatise, medieval tradition, sixteenth-century literature
