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From Madrid to Purgatory: The Art and Craft of Dying in Sixteenth-Century Spain - Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History Eire, Carlos M. N. (University of Virginia)
From Madrid to Purgatory: The Art and Craft of Dying in Sixteenth-Century Spain - Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History
Eire, Carlos M. N. (University of Virginia)
This is the first full-length study of Spanish attitudes towards death and the afterlife during the peak years of the Counter-Reformation. It includes detailed accounts of the ways in which the 'good' deaths of King Philip II and Saint Teresa of Avila were interpreted by contemporaries.
588 pages, 24 b/w illus. 3 maps 22 tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 30, 1995 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521460187 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 588 |
| Dimensions | 161 × 235 × 43 mm · 996 g |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Elliott, John |
| Series Editor | Hufton, Olwen |
| Series Editor | Koenigsberger, H. G. |
| Series Editor | Scott, H. M. |