Author: Christian, William A., Jr.
Title: Apparitions in Late Medieval and Renaissance Spain
Description: Princeton, Princeton University Press, (1981). orig. cloth, dustwrapper.. ix,349 pp. 22x14cm,. Textual maps & photos. Minor rubbing, VG, in a torn & soiled dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: Introduction: When People Meet God; Late Medieval Apparitions in Castile: Introduction: Rural Life & Religion; Mary of Light with Matins Processions; Mary of the Cross in Castile; Two Saints in the Sierra de Guadarrama; Mary of the Cross, A Reprise; Late Medieval Apparitions in Catalonia: The Catalan Context; El Miracle (Lleida), 1458...; Repression of Apparitions: The Inquisition in La Mancha; Visions of Juan de Rabe, La Mota del Cuervo (Cuenca), ca. 1514,1516...General Themes in the Visions: The Case of Jeanne d'Arc & Criteria for Verification of Visions; Spanish Visions & the Renewal of the Local Devotional System; Sources & Diffusion of Vision States; The Logic of Divine Behavior; Children,Saints & the Plague; Documentary Appendix of Spanish Texts...

Keywords: History of Religion, Spain, Medieval history, Visionary states, Religious visions, Christian Mysticism, Folk Catholicism, Catholic Saints, Apparitions