The various groups known as alumbrados which arose in Spain during the sixteenth century, though different from another, were regarded at the time as parts of a

Alastair Hamilton presents the intriguing history of the alumbrados, the `Enlightened Ones', investigated and condemned by the Spanish Inquisition. These variou

Beginning with the Black Death in 1348 and extending through to the demise of Habsburg rule in 1700, this second edition of Spanish Society, 1348–1700 has bee

Mystics presents a collection of previously unpublished essays by prominent scholars that consider both the idea of mystics and mysticism. The contributors offe

Spanish Society depicts a complex and fascinating country in transition from the late Middle Ages to modernity. It describes every part of society from the glut