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Nuns Navigating the Spanish Empire tells the remarkable story of a group of nuns who traveled halfway around the globe in the seventeenth century to establish the first female Franciscan convent in the Far East.
In 1620 Sor Jer�ima de la Asunci� (1556� "1630) and her cofounders left their cloistered convent in Toledo, Spain, journeying to Mexico to board a Manila galleon on their way to the Philippines. Sor Jer�ima is familiar to art historians for her portrait by Velé„quez that hangs in the Prado Museum in Madrid. What most people do not know is that one of her travel companions, Sor Ana de Cristo (1565� "1636), wrote a long biographical account of Sor Jer�ima and their fifteen-month odyssey. Drawing from Sor Ana� (TM)s manuscript, other archival sources, and rare books, Owens� (TM)s study offers a fascinating view of travel, evangelization, and empire.
About the author
Sarah E. Owens is a professor of Spanish at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. She is the editor and translator of
Journey of Five Capuchin Nuns and the coeditor of
Women of the Iberian Atlantic.
Summary
Tells the remarkable story of a group of nuns who travelled halfway around the globe in the seventeenth century to establish the first female Franciscan convent in the Far East. Drawing from a manuscript from one of the nuns, other archival sources, and rare books, this study offers a fascinating view of travel, evangelization, and empire.
