From Madrid to Purgatory

The Art and Craft of Dying in Sixteenth-Century Spain

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Hardcover | 13 November 1995

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This book reveals the workings of a culture that cherished death, and invested its resources in the pursuit of heaven. In sixteenth-century Spain, the social and economic debts of the living were extended to the dead, and society's central paradigms sought to invert perceptions, making death seem better than life itself. This is the first full-length study of this phenomenon. It differs from previous histories of death in two significant ways: in its methodology, which seeks to interweave social history and intellectual/cultural history; and in its geographical and cultural setting (previous studies have focused on France, Italy, and England). As a history of mentalit©s focused on a subject of universal significance, From Madrid to Purgatory transcends its 'Spanishness' and its time period while being wholly attentive to them.

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'This is a finely researched, lucidly written and carefully nuanced study.' Henry Kamen, The Times Literary Supplement

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Prologue: death and the sun
Eager for Heaven: Death and Testamentary Discourse in Madrid, 1520-1599
Wills and the history of death in Madrid
Approaching the divine tribunal
Relinquishing one's body
Impressing God and neighbor
Planning for the soul's journey
Aiding the needy, aiding oneself
Conclusion
The King's Dissolving Body: Philip II and the Royal Paradigm of Death
King Philip and his palace of death
The king's many requiems
Drawing lessons from the king's death
Defending the faith through ritual
Death, the Spanish monarchy, and the myth of sacredness
Conclusion
The Saint's Heavenly Corpse: Teresa of Avila and the Ultimate Paradigm of Death
From Alba to Heaven
Come sweet death, come swift dying
Imperishable flesh, incomparable wonder
Earthbound no longer
Saint Teresa's apparitions
Conclusion
Epilogue: in death as in life: from the daily rounds of Hell to the vestibule of Heaven
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From Madrid to Purgatory

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