Download or read book Local Religion in Sixteenth-century Spain written by William A. Christian and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1989-03-21 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Spanish Catholicism in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries has attracted considerable scholarly attention over the years. The work of theologians, humanists, mystics, and saints has been one focus of that attention. Another has been the investigation and suppression of heterodoxy by the Spanish Inquisition and the crown. William Christian is after a more elusive subject--the religious beliefs and practices of ordinary Spanish Christians.--Publisher.