María of Ágreda

By Marilyn H. Fedewa

Subjects: Mystics, Biography, Christian Abbesses, Church history, Christians, spain, Maria de jesus de agreda, mother, 1602-1665, Women mystics, History, Christian biography, Abbesses, Christian

Description: Tells the life story of the 17th century Spanish nun Maria of Agreda, who wrote a monumental life of the Virgin Mary based on her visionary experiences, and was sought for her spiritual and political counsel by King Felipe IV.