Second edition of the Dijon mystic Jane of Chantal's discussion of the rules, regulations, and charism of the Visitation nuns, the order she founded as a response to the despair and grief she suffered following the death of her husband. Partly devotional, partly philosophical, Saint Jane's exposition and arguments for.....

First Spanish edition of one of the earliest memoirs by a European woman: the true Memorias of the famously embattled Marie Mancini, written when she was under house arrest in Madrid. The court intrigue surrounding Marie Mancini—niece of Cardinal Mazarin and the youthful précieuse of Louis XIV—was a persistent source.....