The inquisition of Francisca : a sixteenth-century visionary on trial / edited and translated by Gillian T.W. Ahlgren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Apóstoles, Francisca de los, Author.

Contributor:

Francisca, de los Apóstoles, 1539?-

Ahlgren, Gillian T. W., 1964-

Series:

Other voice in early modern Europe.

The other voice in early modern Europe

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Francisca, de los Apóstoles, 1539?---Trials, litigation, etc.

Francisca.

Trials (Heresy)--Spain--Toledo.

Trials (Heresy).

Inquisition--Spain--History--Sources.

Inquisition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource e (xxviii, 195 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Inspired by a series of visions, Francisca de los Apóstoles (1539-after 1578) and her sister Isabella attempted in 1573 to organize a beaterio, a lay community of pious women devoted to the religious life, to offer prayers and penance for the reparation of human sin, especially those of corrupt clerics. But their efforts to minister to the poor of Toledo and to call for general ecclesiastical reform were met with resistance, first from local religious officials and, later, from the Spanish Inquisition. By early 1575, the Inquisitional tribunal in Toledo had received several statements denouncing Francisca from some of the very women she had tried to help, as well as from some of her financial and religious sponsors. Francisca was eventually arrested, imprisoned by the Inquisition, and investigated for religious fraud. This book contains what little is known about Francisca-the several letters she wrote as well as the transcript of her trial-and offers modern readers a perspective on the unique role and status of religious women in sixteenth-century Spain. Chronicling the drama of Francisca's interrogation and her spirited but ultimately unsuccessful defense, The Inquisition of Francisca-transcribed from more than three hundred folios and published for the first time in any language-will be a valuable resource for both specialists and students of the history and religion of Spain in the sixteenth century.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Series Editors' Introduction

Volume Editor's Introduction

Volume Editor's Bibliography

Letters and Vows

Transcript of the Inquisitional Trial of Francisca de los Apóstoles

A. Theological Consultants' Assessment

B. Analysis of Accusations

C. Cast of Characters: Biographical Notes

D. Chronology of the Tr i a l

Series Editors' Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-190) and index.

ISBN:

9781283976077

1283976072

9780226142258

0226142256

OCLC:

476229547