Data management table for God, the Devil, and the Nun. Visions as Mystical Experiences among Religious Women in Contemplative Conventual Orders in Spain and the Spanish Netherlands (1660-1700)

In the decades after 1560, female conventuals in Catholic Europe experienced a sharp increase in the number of visions with a divine or diabolic content. The increase was partly due to renewed attention to medieval mysticism and to new contemplative methods. In the eyes of many theologians, visions soon became an exclusive and dangerous feature of female spirituality. Some of them led to exorcism or even accusations of witchcraft. However, most have escaped the attention of historians because they did not result in prosecution. This project studies the religious visions of Discalced Carmelite... Mehr ...