Bücher von Sara T. Nalle

Spanish peasant Bartolome Sanchez believed that God had sent him in divine retribution for the crimes committed by the Inquisition. He soon found himself in the court he believed he was sent to destroy. This book considers the nature of religious inspiration, insanity, and criminal responsibility.

Even as the Protestant Reformation became a permanent feature of European culture, a Catholic reformation was under way in Spain. This title presents the social history of the Spanish Counter Reformation. It explores how the people and clergy of Cuenca learned to conform to the standards of modern Catholicism.