A Spanish Prophetess and Her Patrons: The Case of Maria de Santo Domingo
Maria de Santo Domingo, a young peasant woman from Central Castile, gained notoriety as a mystic and prohetess in the first two decades of the sixteenth century. She was fully exonerated of the charges of fraud and lasciviousness thanks, in large part, to the protection of three influential men: the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
1992
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1992, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 21-34 |
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| Summary: | Maria de Santo Domingo, a young peasant woman from Central Castile, gained notoriety as a mystic and prohetess in the first two decades of the sixteenth century. She was fully exonerated of the charges of fraud and lasciviousness thanks, in large part, to the protection of three influential men: the Duke of Alba, Ferdinand of Aragon, and Cardinal Cisneros. In this article I probe the motivations of these powerful patrons in supporting a peasant visionary. I suggest that Maria's words and actions helped them to consolidate their power, endorsed many of their policies, and bolstered their prestige and sense of identity. Relations between the prophetess and her patrons, I conclude, were highly reciprocal, if not egalitarian in nature. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2542062 |