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Judging Maria de Macedo : A Female Visionary and the Inquisition in Early Modern Portugal /

On February 20, 1665, the Inquisition of Lisbon arrested Maria de Macedo, the wife of a midlevel official of the Portuguese Treasury, after she revealed during a deposition that, since she was ten years old, an enchanted Moor had frequently taken her to a magical castle in the legendary land of wond...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Givens, Bryan, 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction : a journey to another world
  • The millenarian background
  • The millenarian tradition in early modern Portugal
  • The evolution of Sebastianism
  • Maria de Macedo and the vision in her own words
  • The trial of Maria de Macedo
  • The element of time in Maria's visions
  • A glimpse of paradise : unlocking the meaning of Maria's visions
  • Utopia's judges : understanding inquisitorial subculture
  • Conclusion : the intersection of two worlds
  • Appendix : transcription of Maria's pamphlet.