Judging Maria de Macedo: A Female Visionary and the Inquisition in Early Modern Portugal

by Bryan Givens

On February 20, 1665, the Inquisition of Lisbon arrested Maria de Macedo, the wife of a midlevel official of the Portuguese Treasury, after she revealed during a deposition that, since she was ten years old, an enchanted Moor had frequently taken her to a magical castle in the legendary land of wonders known as the Hidden Isle. The island paradise was also the home of Sebastian, the former king of Portugal (1557--1578), who had died in battle in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807137022
• ISBN13: 9780807137024
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"