| Religious Authority in the Spanish Renaissance Contributor(s): Homza, Lu Ann (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801879043 ISBN-13: 9780801879043 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $32.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2004 Annotation: In Religious Authority in the Spanish Renaissance, Lu Ann Homza rejects the traditional view of the Spanish Renaissance as a battle of strict opposites in favor of a more nuanced history. Through analyses of Inquisition trials, biblical translations, treatises on witchcraft, and tracts on the episcopate and penance, Homza illuminates the intellectual autonomy and energy of Spain's ecclesiastics, exploring the flexibility and inconsistency in their preferences for humanism or scholasticism, preferences which have long been thought to be steadfast. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Spain & Portugal - History | Europe - Renaissance - Literary Criticism | European - General |
| Dewey: 274.606 |
| Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6.2" W x 9.42" (1.14 lbs) 344 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Religious Authority in the Spanish Renaissance, Lu Ann Homza rejects the traditional view of the Spanish Renaissance as a battle of strict opposites in favor of a more nuanced history. Through analyses of Inquisition trials, biblical translations, treatises on witchcraft, and tracts on the episcopate and penance, Homza illuminates the intellectual autonomy and energy of Spain's ecclesiastics, exploring the flexibility and inconsistency in their preferences for humanism or scholasticism, preferences which have long been thought to be steadfast. |
Contributor Bio(s): Homza, Lu Ann: - Lu Ann Homza is an associate professor of history at the College of William and Mary. |