1927 SPANISH MYSTICS STUDY MYSTICISM 16th CENTURY SPAIN

STUDIES OF
THE SPANISH MYSTICS
BY
E. ALLISON PEERS

VOLUME 1

Edgar Allison Peers 1891-1952, also known by his pseudonym Bruce Truscot, was an English Hispanic and educationist He was Professor in Hispanic Studies at the University of Liverpool and is notable for founding the Modern Humanities research Association  and the Bulletin of Hispanic Studies.
This is the first volume of the first edition of his groundbreaking study of 16th-century Spain's golden age of mysticism, a second volume was published in 1930. This work briefly explores the period as background to the works and personalities of mystical authors Seven writers are discussed in this volume with extracts from their writings, St. Ignatius of Loyola,  Luis de Granada, Francisco De Osuna, St Teresa, St. John of the Cross, Luis De Leon, and Juan De Los Angeles.

Nearly 500 pages in total including a bibliography.

Condition
Original publishers cloth binding with gilt lettered title to spine, a good clean solid binding, pages are clean, all complete, dustwrapper has slight wear and some stains.
Size is 8¾ by 5¾ inches, 2 inches thick.

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