Religious Spaces in the Far East: Women's Travel and Writing in Manila and Macao

This essay examines the travel and writings of Sor Magdalena de Cristo (1575–1653), one of the co-founders of the first Franciscan convent in the Philippines and another convent in Macao, China. Her harrowing journey emerges in a letter written by her confessor, who was also her advocate. While in M...

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Published in:Challenging Women's Agency and Activism in Early Modernity
Main Author: Owens, Sarah E.
Format: Book chapters
Published: Routledge 2021
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