In the Shadow of the Virgin: Inquisitors, Friars, and Conversos in Guadalupe, Spain by Gretchen D. Starr-LeBeau

In the Shadow of the Virgin: Inquisitors, Friars, and Conversos in Guadalupe, Spain

Gretchen D. Starr-LeBeau

296 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history politics religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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On June 11, 1485, in the pilgrimage town of Guadalupe, the Holy Office of the Inquisition executed Alonso de Paredes--a converted Jew who posed an economic and political threat to the town's powerful friars--as a heretic. Wedding engrossing narrat...

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