Yazar: Alison Weber

Devout laywomen raise a number of provocative questions about gender and religion in the early modern world. How did some groups or individuals evade the Tridentine legislation that required third or …

Devout laywomen raise a number of provocative questions about gender and religion in the early modern world. How did some groups or individuals evade the Tridentine legislation that required third or …

Celebrated as a visionary chronicler of spirituality, Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) suffered persecution by the Counter-Reformation clergy in Spain, who denounced her for her ‘diabolical illusions’ and …

Women’s poetry of the Spanish early modern period. This collection of fourteen scholarly essays on women’s poetry from Spain’s early modern period shows that women did indeed have a Golden Age, and t …

Autumn’s brother was an Outlier. A true Outlier. He burnt their village to the ground. Five years after her brother’s death, seventeen-year-old Autumn now finds herself running from the king after be …

Maria de San Jose Salazar (1548-1603) took the veil as a Discalced ("barefoot") Carmelite nun in 1571, becoming one of Teresa of Avila’s most important collaborators in religious reform and …

Although scholars often depict early modern Spanish women as victims, history and fiction of the period are filled with examples of women who defended their God-given right to make their own decision …