Lucrecia's Dreams: Politics and Prophecy in Sixteenth-Century SpainUniversity of California Press, 22 jun 1990 - 229 páginas Branded by the Spanish Inquisition as an "evil dreamer," a "notorious mother of prophets," the teenager Lucrecia de León had hundreds of bleak but richly imaginative dreams of Spain's future that became the stuff of political controversy and scandal. Based upon surviving transcripts of her dreams and on the voluminous records of her trial before the Inquisition, Lucrecia's Dreams traces the complex personal and political ramifications of Lucrecia's prophetic career. This hitherto unexamined episode in Spanish history sheds new light on the history of women as well as on the history of dream interpretation. Charlatan or clairvoyant, sinner or saint, Lucrecia was transformed by her dreams into a cause celébre, the rebellious counterpart to that other extraordinary woman of Golden Age Spain, St. Theresa of Jesus. Her supporters viewed her as a divinely inspired seer who exposed the personal and political shortcomings of Philip II of Spain. In examining the relation of dreams and prophecy to politics, Richard Kagan pays particular attention to the activities of the streetcorner prophets and female seers who formed the political underworld of sixteenth-century Spain. |
Índice
9 | |
Dreams Diabolical Dreams Divine | 35 |
I wake up the moment my eyes are closed | 59 |
Politics and Prophecy | 86 |
Lucrecia the Prophet | 114 |
Trial in Toledo | 134 |
Understanding Lucrecia | 159 |
CALENDAR OF LUCRECIAS DREAMS | 167 |
ABBREVIATIONS | 175 |
NOTES | 177 |
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY | 211 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todo
Lucrecia's Dreams: Politics and Prophecy in Sixteenth-Century Spain Richard L. Kagan Vista previa restringida - 1995 |
Términos y frases comunes
accused AHN Inq Alcalá de Henares Allende and Mendoza Allende's Alonso de Mendoza Alonso Franco Ana Ordoñez Antonio Pérez appears Armada arrest attached to dream audiencia beata cathedral of Toledo Chaves church churchmen claimed confessor court crecia Cruz diabolical divine don Alonso doza dream registers Franciscan Fray Lucas Fray Luis friends García de Loaysa Guillén de Casaos Heredía Holy Office Ibáñez images inquisición Inquisition Inquisition's inquisitors Jeronymite Juan de Herrera Juan Luis Vives king king's later leg./exp León letter loss of Spain Lucrecia Lucrecia de León Lucrecia's dreams Madrid messages monarch oneiromancy Ordinary original reads Pacheco Pedro Philip Piedrola political prison prophecies prophetic career prophetic dreams Quiroga religious royal Sacamanchas seer sixteenth-century Sor María Sotocameño Spain Spanish spiritual street prophets sueños Suprema testimony theologians tion told Toledan Toledo transcribed transcriptions tribunal Trijueque visionaries visions Vitores woman women wrote
Pasajes populares
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Referencias a este libro
From Madrid to Purgatory: The Art and Craft of Dying in Sixteenth-Century Spain Carlos M. N. Eire Vista previa restringida - 2002 |
The Lives of Women: A New History of Inquisitional Spain Lisa Vollendorf Vista previa restringida - 2005 |