The Inquisition of Francisca: A Sixteenth-Century Visionary on Trial
(Part of the The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Chicago Series Series)
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Inspired by a series of visions, Francisca de los Ap stoles (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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0226142248
ISBN13:9780226142241
Release Date:April 2005
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:200 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"
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