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The Reformation · c. 1604–1641
The Letters
Jane Frances de Chantal · 1572–1641
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What it is
Spiritual direction from the co-founder of the Visitation order, on dryness in prayer, on grief, and on running a religious congregation for women without enclosure.
Why it lasted
A major body of direction written by a woman for women, and the record of a rare friendship between two founders.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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