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God in La Mancha
Religious Reform and the People of Cuenca, 1500–1650
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Sara T. Nalle
The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science
$30.00 paperback
978-0-8018-8854-0 (1 ctn qty)
2008 328 pp.
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Winner of the Sixteenth Century Studies Conference's Bainton Book Prize Description
"Until the middle of the seventeenth century, when complacency got the better of the good intentions of the 1560s, the Counter-Reformation triumphed in Spain. In this process, Nalle shows in her thorough study, persuasion was more effective than coercion. The Inquisition served as a means of spreading the Tridentine doctrine, and of registering the good results, rather than as an instrument of terror."—Times Literary Supplement.
"Nalle succeeds in truly writing a solid cultural history. She is devoted to an understanding of the material base without being a reductionist, and is able to explore ideas without losing sight of commonalities and realities. Her book blends the best of microhistory with a certain Rankean meticulousness."—Sixteenth Century Journal.
Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science.Reviews
"A persuasive and nuanced account . . . There is little doubt that this carefully researched work will become one of the standards in the religious history of Spain."—American Historical Review
Author Information
Sara T. Nalle is a professor of history at William Paterson University and the author of Mad for God: Bartolomé Sánchez, the Secret Messiah of Cardenete.
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