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Culture and Control in Counter-reformation Spain
Anne Cruz
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Description for Culture and Control in Counter-reformation Spain
Paperback. Editor(s): Cruz, Dr. Anne J.; Perry, Mary Elizabeth. Series: Hispanic Issues S. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
Contemporary cultural historians have located the Counter-Reformation as the most significant point in the material, intellectual, and spiritual development of Spain. Robust and full of productive contradictions, Spanish culture took a critical turn in 1492 when Ferdinand II, in his quest for purity and orthodoxy, expelled the Jews and Arabs from Spain.
Culture and Control in Counter-Reformation Spain examines the various modes of repression and social control exerted by Spanish institutions during the Counter-Reformation as they attempted to coerce marginalized groups (women and religious minorities - the moriscos and conversos) into political and cultural integration. This penetrating exploration demonstrates how the ... Read moreProduct Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Hispanic Issues S.
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816620265
SKU
V9780816620265
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About Anne Cruz
Anne J. Cruz is associate professor of Spanish at the University of California, Irvine. She has published numerous essays on cultural formation and gender in Spanish Golden Age literature. Mary Elizabeth Perry is adjunct professor of history at Occidental College and the author of Crime and Society in Early Modern Seville and Cultural Encounters: The Impact of the Inquisition in ... Read more
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