Culture and Control in Counter-Reformation Spain

Ed. Anne J. Cruz and Mary Elizabeth Perry
Explores the modes of repression and attempts at social control in Counter-Reformation Spain. Topics of discussion include theater, sermons, religious festivals, catechism, and inquisistorial blood statues.

Introduction
Culture and Control in Counter-Reformation Spain
Anne J. Cruz and Mary Elizabeth Perry

1. “Christianization” in New Castile: Catechism, Communion, Mass, and Confirmation in the Toledo Archbishopric, 1540–1650
   Jean Pierre Dedieu
2. A Saint for All Seasons: The Cult of San Julián
   Sara T. Nalle
3. Religious Oratory in a Culture of Control
   Gwendolyn Barnes-Karol
4. The Moriscos and Circumcision
   Bernard Vincent
5. Aldermen and Judaizers: Cryptojudaism, Counter-Reformation, and Local Power
   Jaime Contreras
6. Magdalens and Jezebels in Counter-Reformation Spain
   Mary Elizabeth Perry
7. La bella malmaridada: Lessons for the Good Wife
   Anne J. Cruz
8. Saint Teresa, Demonologist
   Alison Weber
9. Woman as Source of “Evil” in Counter-Reformation Spain
   María Helena Sánchez Ortega
10. On the Concept of the Spanish Literary Baroque
    John R. Beverley

Afterword
The Subject of Control
Anthony J. Cascardi