From Madrid to purgatory : the art and craft of dying in sixteenth-century Spain /

From Madrid to purgatory : the art and craft of dying in sixteenth-century Spain /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Eire, Carlos M. N.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Series:	Cambridge studies in early modern history.
Subjects:	Catholic Church > Doctrines > History > 16th century. Catholic Church > Spain > History > 16th century. Death > Religious aspects > Catholic Church > History of doctrines > 16th century. Spain > Religious life and customs.

Table of Contents:

Eager for heaven : death and the testamentary discourse in Madrid, 1520-1599
The king's dissolving body : Philip II and the royal paradigm of death
The saint's heavenly corpse : Teresa of Avila and the ultimate paradigm of death.