Aspiring Saints: Pretense of Holiness, Inquisition, and Gender in the Republic of Venice, 1618-1750.(Book Review) From: Journal of Social History | Date: June 22, 2003| Author: Chojnacki, Stanley | COPYRIGHT 2003 Journal of Social History. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Aspiring Saints: Pretense of Holiness, Inquisition, and Gender in the Re public of Venice, 1618-1750. By Anne Jacobson Schutte (Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001. xvi + 337 pp.).

The last two decades have seen a great surge in writing about women and religion during the medieval and early modern periods. The dominant theme is the uncertain boundary between orthodoxy and heterodoxy in the practices of Catholic holy women. Beatas, mystics, athle...