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From Madrid to Purgatory: The Art and Craft of Dying in Sixteenth-Century Spain
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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From Madrid to Purgatory: The Art and Craft of Dying in Sixteenth-Century Spain
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Carlos M. N. Eire
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| Series | Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:588 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 239,Width 154 |
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| Category/Genre | World history - c 1500 to c 1750
Christian theology |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521529426
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| Classifications | Dewey:236.2094609031 |
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| Audience | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
22 Tables, unspecified; 3 Maps; 10 Halftones, unspecified; 14 Line drawings, unspecified
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
25 July 2002 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This book reveals the workings of a culture that cherished death, and invested its resources in the pursuit of heaven. This is the first full-length study of Spanish attitudes toward death and the afterlife in the peak years of the Counter-Reformation. It contains an analysis of the death rituals requested in hundreds of sixteenth-century Madrid testaments, as well as a detailed account of the ways in which the "good" deaths of King Philip II and Saint Teresa of Avila were interpreted by contemporaries.
Reviews'This is a finely researched, lucidly written and carefully nuanced study.' Henry Kamen, The Times Literary Supplement
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