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Alison Weber Editor & Author

Alison Weber is Professor of Spanish with a joint appointment in the Corcoran Department of History at the University of Virginia, USA.

Book for the Hour of Recreation cover

Book for the Hour of Recreation

Maria de San Jose Salazar - Paperback

£28.00

Devout Laywomen in the Early Modern World cover

Devout Laywomen in the Early Modern World

Alison Weber - Hardback

£155.00

Teresa of Avila and the Rhetoric of Femininity cover

Teresa of Avila and the Rhetoric of Femininity

Alison Weber - Paperback

£35.00

Approaches to Teaching Teresa of Avila and the Spanish Mystics cover

Approaches to Teaching Teresa of Avila and the Spanish Mystics

Alison Weber - Hardback

£75.00

Approaches to Teaching Teresa of Avila and the Spanish Mystics cover

Approaches to Teaching Teresa of Avila and the Spanish Mystics

Alison Weber - Paperback

£32.00