Church, religion and society in early modern Spain / Helen Rawlings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rawlings, Helen, 1955-

Series:

European studies series (Palgrave (Firm))

European studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church.

History.

Spain--Church history.

Spain.

Church history.

Catholic Church--Spain--History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 185 pages : maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2002.

Summary:

This book sets out to critically assess the strengths and weaknesses of Spain's Catholic identity in the early modern period. Traditionally the Spanish Church has been seen as a major bastion of orthodoxy and intolerance. Modern historians now see the Church as a much more complex and diverse institution in which tolerance and conservatism coexisted. The text provides evidence of the survival of multi-culturalism in Spanish society, the extent of innovative trends in religious scholarship, the partial nature of ecclesiastical reform, the vitality of popular religious culture and the shortcomings of the missionary enterprise overseas.

Contents:

1 The Breakdown of Spain's Multi-Cultural Heritage 1

The Rise of Anti-Semitism in Spanish Society 2

The Establishment of the Spanish Inquisition 7

The End of Moorish Spain? 13

The Fate of the Morisco 18

The Decision to Expel 22

The Aftermath 24

2 Traditionalism and Innovation in the Spanish Church 27

Erasmian Humanism and Biblical Scholarship 28

The Attack on Erasmus and Erasmians 30

Catholic Reformers Condemned 32

The Protestant Threat of Mid-Century 37

Inquisitorial Censorship and the 1559 Index 42

The Archbishop of Toledo Accused of Heresy 44

Conclusion: Biblical Scholarship Under Scrutiny 47

3 The Reform of the Ecclesiastical Estate 50

The Condition of the Clerical Estate and Early Reform Initiatives 51

The Council of Trent and the Definition of Dogma and Discipline 54

The Application of Diocesan Reform 55

The Reform of the Episcopate 58

The Reform of the Priesthood 67

The Reform of the Religious Orders 73

4 The Church and the People 78

The Christianisation of the People 79

Sacramental Observance 84

Forms of Popular Religious Culture 89

The Universal Brotherhood of Believers 95

5 The Church in the New World 100

Colonisation and Evangelisation: the Jurisdictional Debate 101

Missionary Euphoria 107

A Clash of Cultures 110

Divisions of Authority 114

6 Crisis and Resilience in the Early Seventeenth-Century Spanish Church 119

Introduction: Crisis in Castile 119

Arbitrismo and the Church 120

The Clericalisation of Spanish Society 124

The Growth of the Religious Orders 127

The Temporalities of the Spanish Church: Pressures and Survival 130

The Fiscal Burden 135

A Crisis of Religious Conscience in Society 139

Profiles of Church Leaders and Reformers 148.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-178) and index.

ISBN:

0333636945

0333636953

OCLC:

48500926