Spanish Women in the Golden Age: Images and Realities [Hardcover]

The history of women in early modern Spain is a largely untapped field. This book opens the field substantially by examining the position of women in religious, political, literary, and economic life. Drawing on both historical and literary approaches, the contributors challenge the portrait of Spanish women as passive and marginalized, showing that despite forces working to exclude them, women in Golden Age Spain influenced religious life and politics and made vital contributions to economic and cultural life.

The contributors seek to incorporate the study of Spanish women into the current work on literary criticism and on the intersection of private and public spheres. The authors integrate women into subfields of Spanish history and literature, such as Inquisition studies, the Spanish monarchy, Spain's economic and political decline, and Golden Age drama. The essays demonstrate the necessity and value of incorporating women into the study of Golden Age Spain.

MAGDALENA S. S?NCHEZ is Assistant Professor of History at Gettysburg College and the author of several articles. She is currently writing a book on Habsburg women, power, and politics at the court of Philip III of Spain.

ALAIN SAINT-SAENS is Assistant Professor of History at Oklahoma State University and the author of the forthcoming bookIn the Service of the Faith: The Art of the Spanish Counter-Reformation.

Preface by Alain Saint-SAËns
Religion and Society
Spaces of Women's Religiousity in the Military Order of Santiago in Late Medieval Castile by Mar?a Ech?niz
Charisma and Controversy: The Case of Mar?a de Santo Domingo by Jodi Bilinkoff
Behind the Veil: Moriscas and the Politics of Resistance and Survival by Mary Elizabeth Perry
A Case of Gendered Rejection: The Hermitess in Golden Age Spain by Alain Saint-SAËns
Political Realms
The Female Figure as Political Propaganda in the Pedro el Cruel Romancero by Anne J. Cruz
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