Church, Religion and Society in Early Modern Spain

Name: Church, Religion and Society in Early Modern Spain
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By Helen Rawlings

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The early modern Spanish Church has long been associated with religious and racial intolerance, the brutality of the Inquisition, the repression of intellectual and spiritual freedom, and the fervour and fanaticism that underpinned Spanish imperialism. However, behind Spain's identification with orthodoxy, regulation and discipline in religious life, there lay a contrasting image that modern historians have only recently begun to explore. Helen Rawlings argues convincingly that there is now sufficient evidence to point to the survival of multi-cultural influences in Spanish society, the extent of innovative trends in religious scholarship, the vitality of popular religious culture, the failure of aspects of ecclesiastical reform and the shortcomings of Spain's missionary enterprise overseas. In this invaluable new study, Rawlings evaluates modern approaches to the history of the early modern Spanish Church and examines the results of new research carried out in the field. As well as challenging some of the findings of traditional scholarship, the author assesses and explores the strengths, weaknesses and contradictions inherent in Spain's identification with Catholicism.

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Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 204
Release Date:: 2002-05-30
Publication Date:: 2002-07-01
Publisher:: Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0333636953
ISBN13:: 9780333636954
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 295 g
Height:: 140 cm
Width:: 216 cm
Thickness:: 12 cm

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