| Description |
1 online resource |
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AAR religions in translation |
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AAR religion in translation.
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| Contents |
Cover; Series; From Mother to SonThe Selected Letters of Marie de l'Incarnation to Claude Martin; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Letters; Index |
| Summary |
Marie de l'Incarnation (1599 - 1672), renowned French mystic and founder of the Ursulines in Canada, abandoned her son, Claude Martin, when he was a mere eleven years old to dedicate herself completely to a consecrated religious life. In 1639, Marie migrated to the struggling French colony at Quebec to found the first Ursuline convent in the New World. Over the course of the next thirty-one years, the relationship between Marie and Claude would take shape by means of a trans-Atlantic correspondence in which mother and son shared advice and counsel, concerns and anxieties, and joys and frustrat |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Marie de l'Incarnation, mère, Saint, 1599-1672 -- Correspondence
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Martin, Claude, 1619-1696 -- Correspondence
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| SUBJECT |
Marie de l'Incarnation, mère, Saint, 1599-1672 fast |
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Martin, Claude, 1619-1696 fast |
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Mothers and sons -- Correspondence
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Spiritual life -- Catholic Church.
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Mysticism -- Catholic Church.
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RELIGION -- Institutions & Organizations.
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Mothers and sons
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Mysticism -- Catholic Church
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Spiritual life -- Catholic Church
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| Genre/Form |
Personal correspondence
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Martin, Claude, 1619-1696.
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Dunn, Mary, translator
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| ISBN |
9780199386581 |
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0199386587 |
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