Ordinary Holiness: A Converso Jesuit’s Biography of His Merchant Father

This essay examines a letter by Luis de la Palma (c.1559–1641), written on the occasion of his father’s death in 1595. I argue that although ostensibly a family letter, it was intended for a broader Jesuit audience. In addition to offering a paean to his father’s lay piety, de la Palma presents an e...

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Main Author: Weber, Alison P. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2022
In: Journal of Jesuit studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 9, Issue: 4, Pages: 530-549
Further subjects:B purity-of-blood statutes
B Jesuit family relations
B Jesuit necrologies
B Jesuit Luis de la Palma (c.1559–1641)
B male lay piety
B early modern life writing
B Jesuit conversos
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