The Specchio interiore (Interior Mirror) is a work by the dominican Fra' Battista da Crema partly dedicated to the theme of mystical union. Written close to the foundation, in 1522, of the Hospital of the Incurables in Venice, it remained unpublished for almost two decades and it was first published in 1540 thanks to Ludovica Torelli, countess of Guastalla (1499-1569), alias Paola Maria. Widow, for the second time at age twenty-eight, Ludovica Torelli enjoyed an unusually powerful position for a women. Forced to sell her small state to Ferrante Gonzaga, she spent the second part of her life founding religious institutions and hospitals in Milan and other cities in northern Italy.
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Chapter Title
Ludovica Torelli e lo Specchio interiore di fra’ Battista da Crema
Authors
Giovanna Murano
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-228-7.23
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Publication Year
2020
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Book Title
Le vestigia dei gesuati
Book Subtitle
L’eredità culturale del Colombini e dei suoi seguaci
Editors
Isabella Gagliardi
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Number of Pages
384
Publication Year
2020
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© 2020 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-228-7
ISBN Print
978-88-5518-227-0
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-228-7
Series Title
Fragmentaria. Studi di storia culturale e antropologia religiosa
Series ISSN
2975-1217
Series E-ISSN
2975-1225