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Apparitions in Late Medieval
and Renaissance Spain
William A. Christian, Jr. 
Contents
 

LIST OF FIGURES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION: When People Meet God [3]
 

CHAPTER ONE : Late Medieval Apparitions in Castile [10]

Introduction: Rural Life and Religion [10] 
Mary of Light with Matins Processions [26] 

Mary of the Cross in Castile [57]  Two Saints in the Sierra de Guadarrama [93]  Mary of the Cross, A Reprise [103]   CHAPTER TWO : Late Medieval Apparitions in Catalonia [111

The Catalan Context [111] 
El Miracle (Lleida), 1458 [113] 
Jafre (Girona), 1460 [126] 
El Torn (Girona), 1483 [132] 
Pinós (Lleida), 1507 [137] 
Two Early Modern Visions: Reus (Tarragona), 1592, and Sant Aniol (Girona), 1618 [140] 
Catalan and Castilian Messages [144] 
 
CHAPTER THREE : Repression of Apparitions: The Inquisition in La Mancha [150

Visions of Juan de Rabe, La Mota del Cuervo (Cuenca), c. 1514, 1516 [152] 
Visions of Francisca la Brava, Quintanar de la Orden, 1523 [159]
 
 CHAPTER FOUR :General Themes in the Visions [188]

The Case of Jeanne d'Arc and Criteria for Verification of Visions [188] 
Spanish Visions and the Renewal of the Local Devotional System [203] 
Sources and Diffusion of the Vision Stories [207] 
The Logic of Divine Behavior [212] 
Children, Saints, and the Plague [215]
 
 DOCUMENTARY APPENDIX OF SPANISH TEXTS [245]

1. Santa Gadea, 1399 [245] 
2. Jaén, 1430 [250]
3. Cubas, 1449 [262] 
4. Guadalupe [276] 
5. Navas de Zarzuela, 1455 [279]
6. Escalona, c. 1490 [283] 
7. El Miracle, 1458 [288] 
8. Jafre, 1460 [299] 
9. El Torn, 1483 [302] 
10. Pinós, 1507 [305] 
11. Sant Aniol, 1618 [306] 
12. La Mota, c. 1514, 1516 [308] 
13. Quintanar de la Orden, 1523 [312] 

 MAPS

 Words in Spanish Texts Referring to Ailments, Attire, and Emotions
 COPYRIGHT

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