To Quell The Terror The True Story Of The Carmelite Martyrs Of Compiègne

Author : William Bush
Publisher : ICS Publications
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780935216677

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To Quell the Terror: The True Story of the Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne by William Bush Pdf

Recounts the dramatic true story of the Discalced Carmelite nuns of Compiègne, martyred during the French Revolution's "Great Terror," and known to the world through their fictional representation in Gertrud von Le Fort's Song at the Scaffoldand Francis Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites. Includes index and 15 photos. More Information At the height of the French Revolution's "Great Terror," a community of sixteen Carmelite nuns from Compiègne offered their lives to restore peace to the church and to France. Ten days after their deaths by the guillotine, Robespierre fell, and with his execution on the same scaffold the Reign of Terror effectively ended. Had God thus accepted and used the Carmelites' generous self-gift? Through Gertrud von Le Fort's modern novella, Song at the Scaffold, and Francis Poulenc's famed opera, Dialogues of the Carmelites, (with its libretto by Georges Bernanos), modern audiences around the world have become captivated by the mysterious destiny of these Compiègne martyrs, Blessed Teresa of St. Augustine and her companions. Now, for the first time in English, William Bush explores at length the facts behind the fictional representations, and reflects on their spiritual significance. Based on years of research, this book recounts in lively detail virtually all that is known of the life and background of each of the martyrs, as well as the troubled times in which they lived. The Compiègne Carmelites, sustained by their remarkable prioress, emerge as distinct individuals, struggling as Christians to understand and respond to an awesome calling, relying not on their own strength but on the mercy of God and the guiding hand of Providence.

Author : William Bush
Publisher : ICS Publications
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781939272164

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To Quell the Terror: The Mystery of the Vocation of the Sixteen Carmelites of Compiègne Guillotined July 17, 1794 by William Bush Pdf

This book recounts the dramatic true story of the Discalced Carmelite nuns of Compiègne, martyred during the French Revolution's "Great Terror," and known to the world through their fictional representation in Gertrud von Le Fort's Song at the Scaffold and Francis Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites. At the height of the French Revolution's "Great Terror," a community of sixteen Carmelite nuns from Compiègne offered their lives to restore peace to the church and to France. Ten days after their deaths by the guillotine, Robespierre fell, and with his execution on the same scaffold the Reign of Terror effectively ended. Had God thus accepted and used the Carmelites' generous self-gift? Through Gertrud von Le Fort's modern novella, Song at the Scaffold, and Francis Poulenc's famed opera, Dialogues of the Carmelites, (with its libretto by Georges Bernanos), modern audiences around the world have become captivated by the mysterious destiny of these Compiègne martyrs, Blessed Teresa of St. Augustine and her companions. Now, for the first time in English, William Bush explores at length the facts behind the fictional representations, and reflects on their spiritual significance. Based on years of research, this book recounts in lively detail virtually all that is known of the life and background of each of the martyrs, as well as the troubled times in which they lived. The Compiègne Carmelites, sustained by their remarkable prioress, emerge as distinct individuals, struggling as Christians to understand and respond to an awesome calling, relying not on their own strength but on the mercy of God and the guiding hand of Providence. The book includes an index and 15 photos.

Author : Gertrud Von Le Fort
Publisher : Tan Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1618904027

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The Song at the Scaffold by Gertrud Von Le Fort Pdf

The Song at the Scaffold is a novelette set in the time of the French Revolution, an epoch that vividly demonstrated man's capacity for both heroism and brutality. It is a very intense story dealing primarily with the Carmelite Convent at Compiegne but also encompassing the Paris mob, the Reign of Terror, Women Revolutionists, etc., climaxing in the martyrdom of sixteen Carmelite nuns. Excellent reading for both students and adults!

Author : Tonya J. Moutray
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317069300

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Refugee Nuns, the French Revolution, and British Literature and Culture by Tonya J. Moutray Pdf

In eighteenth-century literature, negative representations of Catholic nuns and convents were pervasive. Yet, during the politico-religious crises initiated by the French Revolution, a striking literary shift took place as British writers championed the cause of nuns, lauded their socially relevant work, and addressed the attraction of the convent for British women. Interactions with Catholic religious, including priests and nuns, Tonya J Moutray argues, motivated writers, including Hester Thrale Piozzi, Helen Maria Williams, and Charlotte Smith, to revaluate the historical and contemporary utility of religious refugees. Beyond an analysis of literary texts, Moutray's study also examines nuns’ personal and collective narratives, as well as news coverage of their arrival to England, enabling a nuanced investigation of a range of issues, including nuns' displacement and imprisonment in France, their rhetorical and practical strategies to resist authorities, representations of refugee migration to and resettlement in England, relationships with benefactors and locals, and the legal status of "English" nuns and convents in England, including their work in recruitment and education. Moutray shows how writers and the media negotiated the multivalent figure of the nun during the 1790s, shaping British perceptions of nuns and convents during a time critical to their survival.

Author : Susan Cahill
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781250130150

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The Streets of Paris by Susan Cahill Pdf

From the author of Hidden Gardens of Paris, The Streets of Paris is Susan Cahill's wonderfully unique guide to present-day Paris following in the footsteps of famous Parisians through the last 800 years. For hundreds of years, the City of Light has set the stage for larger-than-life characters—from medieval lovers Héloïse and Abelard to the defiant King Henri IV to the brilliant scientist Madame Curie, beloved chanteuse Edith Piaf, and the writer Colette. In this beautifully illustrated book, Susan Cahill recounts the lives of twenty-two famous Parisians and then takes you through the seductive streets of Paris to the quartiers where they lived and worked: their homes, the scenes of their greatest triumphs and tragedies, their favorite cafes, bars, and restaurants, and the off-the-beaten-track places where they found inspiration and love. From Sainte-Chapelle on the Ile de la Cite to the cemetery Pere Lachaise to Montmartre and the Marais, Cahill not only brings to life the bold characters of a tumultuous history and the arts of painting, music, sculpture, film, and literature, she takes you on a relaxed walking tour in the footsteps of these celebrated Parisians. Each chapter opens with a beautiful four-color illustration by photographer Marion Ranoux, and every tour begins with a Metro stop and ends with a list of "Nearbys"—points of interest along the way, including cafes, gardens, squares, museums, bookstores, churches, and, of course, patisseries.

Author : Tom Stammers
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781108478847

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The Purchase of the Past by Tom Stammers Pdf

Offers a broad and vivid overview of the culture of collecting in France over the long nineteenth-century.

Author : Claire Ortiz Hill
Publisher : Open Court Publishing
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0812695860

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The Roots and Flowers of Evil in Baudelaire, Nietzsche, and Hitler by Claire Ortiz Hill Pdf

Baudelaire, Nietzsche, and Hitler-a poet, a philosopher, and a politician-each profoundly understood the seductive attraction of evil. All three clearly and candidly depicted evil in idealized garb. Underheath superficial appearances of contradiction, we find in their writings uncanny insight into the human essence behind the masks of convention and hypocrisy.

Author : Philip Nord
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108478908

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After the Deportation by Philip Nord Pdf

Examines the change in memory regime in postwar France, from one centered on the concentration camps to one centered on the Holocaust.

Author : Carlos Eire
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780691164939

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The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila by Carlos Eire Pdf

The life and many afterlives of one of the most enduring mystical testaments ever written The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila is among the most remarkable accounts ever written of the human encounter with the divine. The Life is not really an autobiography at all, but rather a confession written for inquisitors by a nun whose raptures and mystical claims had aroused suspicion. Despite its troubled origins, the book has had a profound impact on Christian spirituality for five centuries, attracting admiration from readers as diverse as mystics, philosophers, artists, psychoanalysts, and neurologists. How did a manuscript once kept under lock and key by the Spanish Inquisition become one of the most inspiring religious books of all time? National Book Award winner Carlos Eire tells the story of this incomparable spiritual masterpiece, examining its composition and reception in the sixteenth century, the various ways its mystical teachings have been interpreted and reinterpreted across time, and its enduring influence in our own secular age. The Life became an iconic text of the Counter-Reformation, was revered in Franco’s Spain, and has gone on to be read as a feminist manifesto, a literary work, and even as a secular text. But as Eire demonstrates in this vibrant and evocative book, Teresa’s confession is a cry from the heart to God and an audacious portrayal of mystical theology as a search for love. Here is the essential companion to the Life, one woman’s testimony to the reality of mystical experience and a timeless affirmation of the ultimate triumph of good over evil.

Author : Francis Poulenc,J. Machlis
Publisher : Casa Ricordi
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1986-11-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 8875925534

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Dialogues of the Carmelites: Libretto by Francis Poulenc,J. Machlis Pdf

(Opera). English Only. Translated by Machlis.

Author : Mona Ozouf
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : 0674298845

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Festivals and the French Revolution by Mona Ozouf Pdf

Festivals and the French Revolution--the subject conjures up visions of goddesses of Liberty, strange celebrations of Reason, and the oddly pretentious cult of the Supreme Being. Every history of the period includes some mention of festivals; Ozouf shows us that they were much more than bizarre marginalia to the revolutionary process.

Author : Marie-Thérèse Charlotte Angoulême (duchesse d'),Elisabeth (Princess of France)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1912
Category : France
ISBN : UOM:39015063609997

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The Ruin of a Princess by Marie-Thérèse Charlotte Angoulême (duchesse d'),Elisabeth (Princess of France) Pdf

Author : Jetta S. Wolff
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Paris (France)
ISBN : 9781465581662

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Historic Paris by Jetta S. Wolff Pdf

Author : Margaret Alice Murray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : History
ISBN : 0195012704

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The God of the Witches by Margaret Alice Murray Pdf

This celebrated study of witchcraft in Europe traces the worship of the pre-Christian and prehistoric Horned God from paleolithic times to the medieval period. Murray, the first to turn a scholarly eye on the mysteries of witchcraft, enables us to see its existence in the Middle Ages not as an isolated and terrifying phenomenon, but as the survival of a religion nearly as old as humankind itself, whose devotees held passionately to a view of life threatened by an alien creed. The findings she sets forth, once thought of as provocative and implausible, are now regarded as irrefutable by folklorists and scholars in related fields. Exploring the rites and ceremonies associated with witchcraft, Murray establishes the concept of the "dying god"--the priest-king who was ritually killed to ensure the country and its people a continuity of fertility and strength. In this light, she considers such figures as Thomas a Becket, Joan of Arc, and Gilles de Rais as spiritual leaders whose deaths were ritually imposed. Truly a classic work of anthropology, and written in a clear, accessible style that anyone can enjoy, The God of the Witches forces us to reevaluate our thoughts about an ancient and vital religion.

Author : Malcolm Pullan
Publisher : Athena PressPub Company
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1847482589

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The Lives and Times of Forty Martyrs of England and Wales 1535 - 1680 by Malcolm Pullan Pdf

In an age of faithlessness, spin and cynicism, how many of us would be prepared to stand on a ladder, a rope around our neck, facing a gruesome death for no apparent crime, and choose not to recant and live but to die for our beliefs? How many of us, like Thomas Garnet, would say, 'I give my body to Caesar [James I] and my soul to God'? This compelling and finely researched compilation of the lives and state murders of Catholics from all walks of life in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries demands our attention as a reinforcement of Christian commitment and an antidote to indifference. Malcolm Pullan's stated aim is to reach a general readership, and his text is full of historical background material and fascinating detail. He firmly believes that we should not consign England's Catholic martyrs to some obscure corner of our consciousness. Their Faith lives still; they were true to it till death. Surely they did not die in vain.