Audrey Lumsden Kouvel, University of Illinois at Chicago, now emerita
The sixteenth century in Spain is a period notable fo rthe remarkable flourishing of the religious phenomenon known as “mysticism.” This seminar presented a number of focal points, grouped around such figures as St. Ignatius (1491-1556), St. Teresa of Avila (1515-1582), Luis de Léon (1527-1591), and St. John of the Cross (1542-1591), to allow students to investigate the nature, significance, an dwide influence of the intense religious life of Spain between the end of the sixteenth and beginning of the seventeenth century. The course made use of the extensive materials in the Newberry Library, and included readings in English and Spanish.
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