Description
Book SynopsisThrough its focus on the intersections of local religion and local identity, it offers new perspectives on the impact and implementation of Counter-Reformation Catholicism.
Trade ReviewConvincing, stimulating, [this] will no doubt contribute to the ongoing discourse on the creation and assertion of communal identities in Iberian and Mediterranean history. -- Jonathan Ray Sixteenth Century Journal 2008 Provides a lucid and accessible introduction to this broader, still largely emerging, field of Renaissance historia sacra. -- Katherine Elliot Van Liere Renaissance Quarterly 2008 A valuable, early modern addition to what is already flourishing historical literature. -- Simon Ditchfield Journal of Ecclesiastical History 2008 All in all this is an excellent, informative and very readable book that does full justice to its interesting subject. -- Roger Collins Bulletin of Spanish Studies 2009 Fascinating study. -- Carmen Peraita Year's Work in Modern Language Studies 2010
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Prologue: Old Bones for a New City
1. Granada in the Sixteenth Century
2. Controversy and Propaganda
3. Forging History: Granadino Historiography and the Sacromonte
4. Civic Ritual and Civic Identity
5. The Plomos and the Sacromonte in Granadino Piety
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
