Faith and Fanaticism

by Twomey,Lesley

• ISBN13: 9780860786658
• ISBN10: 086078665X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-11-28
• Publisher: Variorum

Summary

The Spanish Inquisition is often seen as the archetype of religious fervour and fanaticism, and several of the papers here naturally focus on its activities. Overall, however, this volume aims to look at the broader context of religious attitudes in Spain, from the end of the 15th to the late 17th century. In an examination of how the religious orders behaved, the contributors demonstrate that concepts which may now appear excessive were perceived at that time. Similarly, poetry and other literary texts provide evidence for how Jews viewed Christians and Christians viewed Moors.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	vii	(1)
Editor's Preface	viii
Lesley K. Twomey
Introduction	1	(6)
John Edwards
Part 1 The Quest for Orthodoxy	7	(54)
1 Fervor / Fanatismo or Entorno / Enfoque: The Problem of the Female Visionary in the Catholic Monarchy	7	(16)
Ronald Cueto
2 `Cechs son aquells que tenen lo contrari': Fanatical Condemnation of Opponents of the Immaculate Conception in Fifteenth-Century Valencia	23	(14)
Lesley K. Twomey
3 Meditation and Contemplation: Monastic Spirituality in Early Sixteenth-Century Spain	37	(24)
Terence O'Reilly
Part II The Imposition of Orthodoxy	61	(68)
4 Spain's Little-Known `Noble Army of Martyrs' and the Black Legend	61	(24)
A. Gordon Kinder
5 Did Spanish Crypto-Jews desecrate Christian Sacred Images and why?: The Case of the Cristo de la Paciencia (1629-32), the Romance of 1717 and the Events of November 1714 in the Calle del Lobo	85	(10)
Michael Alpert
6 Popular Religious Scepticism and Idiosyncrasy in Post-Tridentine Cuenca	95	(34)
Nicholas Griffiths
Part III Cross-Cultural Awareness	129	(46)
7 The Religious Background of the Sephardic Ballad	129	(12)
Hilary Pomeroy
8 A Comparison of the Devotional Systems in the Viaje de Turquia	141	(18)
Encarnacion Sanchez Garcia
9 Fervor sin fanatismo: Pedro de Valencia's Treatise on the Moriscos	159	(16)
John A. Jones
Index	175