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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Givens, Bryan, 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
De Macedo, Maria, > B.Ca. 1623.
De Macedo, Maria, > approximately 1623-
Sebastião, > King of Portugal, > 1554-1578
Sebastião, > King of Portugal, > 1554-1578 > Influence.
De Macedo, Maria, > b. approximately 1623-1625.
Sebastianism
Inquisition
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
RELIGION > History.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Religious.
Sebastianisme.
Inquisition > Portugal > Histoire.
Sebastianism.
Inquisition > Portugal > History.
Portugal
Portugal > Histoire religieuse.
Portugal > Church history.
History.
Church history.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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