Maria Petyt – A Carmelite Mystic in Wartime

Joseph Chalmers OC, S.T.L. (1982), Pontifical Gregorian University Rome, works at the St. Luke Institute in Washington D.C., a therapeutic centre for priests and religious. He has published several books on Carmelite spirituality and prayer, including Let It Be (Saint Albert’s Press, 2010). Elisabeth Hense T.OC, Ph.D (2001), Radboud University Nijmegen, is Assistant Professor of Spirituality at that university. She has published and edited many monographs, translations and articles on spirituality, including Present-Day Spiritualities - Contrasts and Overlaps (Brill, 2014).Veronie Meeuwsen M.A. (2010), Radboud University, was junior researcher at the chair of Spirituality at that university in 2011/ 2012. She has published Kritische spiritualiteit – Vruchtbare rationaliteit in oude en nieuwe spiritualiteit (Eburon, 2010).Esther van de Vate T.OC, M.A. (1992), Protestant Theological University in Kampen, is working on her dissertation about Maria Petyt at Radboud University Nijmegen. She has published several articles, including 'Compassie en religieus leven' (KNR bulletin, 2011).Contributors are: Mirjam de Baar, Annemarie Bos, Joseph Chalmers, Giovanni Grosso, Elisabeth Hense, Michel van Meerbeeck, Veronie Meeuwsen and Esther van de Vate.

• ContentsIntroduction Elisabeth Hense, Veronie Meeuwsen and Esther van de VatePart 1Maria Petyt in her Context1 Maria Petyt – A Short BiographyEsther van de Vate2 Maria Petyt against the Background of the Political and Religious Situation in Flanders in the Seventeenth CenturyEsther van de Vate3 Daily Life at the Hermitage in Mechelen at the Time of Maria Petyt (1657–1677)Michel van Meerbeeck4 Living as a Spiritual Virgin and Claiming Prophetic Authority: The Parallel Lives of Maria Petyt and Antoinette Bourignon Mirjam de BaarPart 2The Latin Manuscript about the Dutch War and Its interpretations5 Some Notes on the History of the Latin Manuscript of the Life of Maria Petyt by Michael of St. AugustineGiovanni Grosso6 ‘Oh, How Spiritual Directors are Obliged to Remain Silent!’ Michael’s Redaction of the Writings of Maria Petyt: Some Initial FindingsEsther van de Vate7 The Latin Manuscript about the Dutch War and Its Translation in EnglishVeronie Meeuwsen (ed.)8 Maria Petyt’s Support of the French KingVeronie Meeuwsen9 The Spirituality of Teresa of Avila and the Latin Manuscript about the Dutch War (folios 30r–49v)Elisabeth Hense10 The Prophetic Spirituality of Maria Petyt in the Latin Manuscript about the Dutch WarAnne-Marie BosEpilogueJoseph Chalmers