New Publication edited by Cordula van Wyhe
Posted on 14 December 2015
In 1635, as directed by her confessor so that he might understand “the state of her soul,” Margaret Van Noort, a lay sister of the royal convent of Discalced Carmelite nuns in Brussels, composed her spiritual autobiography. This text was followed by two diaries in 1636 and 1637 recording the workings of her inner life and relation to God, and reflecting the cosmopolitan Catholic tradition of her homeland. Now gathered in this volume, these works illustrate Margaret’s development from a troubled young lay sister into a woman of spiritual experience and authority.
The book is Volume 39 of The Toronto Series: The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe published by ACMRS Publications. The Spanish texts of Margaret of the Mother of God have been translated by Susan M Smith.