Saint and Nation: Santiago, Teresa of Avila, and Plural Identities in Early Modern Spain

by Erin Kathleen Rowe

Book Overview

In early seventeenth-century Spain, the Castilian parliament voted to elevate the newly beatified Teresa of Avila to co-patron saint of Spain alongside the traditional patron, Santiago. Saint and Nation examines Spanish devotion to the cult of saints and the controversy over national patron sainthood to provide an original account of the diverse ways in which the early modern nation was expressed and experienced by monarch and town, center...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271037741
• ISBN13: 9780271037745
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"