Local Religion in Sixteenth-Century Spain

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List of Tables	p. vii
List of Illustrations	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. 3
Vows	p. 23
A Response to Disaster	p. 23
The Vow	p. 31
How Saints Were Chosen for Vows	p. 33
Mutual Obligations of Saints and Communities	p. 55
Effectiveness of Vows	p. 59
Graduated Responses to Crises	p. 63
"Activity" of Saints	p. 66
Chapels and Shrines	p. 70
Chapel Dedications	p. 71
Origin Legends	p. 75
The Use of Shrines in Crises	p. 92
Images Used for Curing	p. 93
Shrines, Shrine Keepers, and Fiestas	p. 105
Relics and Indulgences	p. 126
Relics	p. 126
Indulgences	p. 141
Local Religion: Variations, Alternatives, and Reform	p. 147
Local Religion of Cities	p. 148
Kingship and Local Religion	p. 153
Erasmianism and Reform	p. 158
The Survival of Local Religion	p. 175
Christ Enshrined, 1580-1780	p. 181
Text of Madrid Vow to Saint Anne and Saint Roch, 1597	p. 209
District and Regional Shrines, 1575-1580, New Castile	p. 211
Locations and Sources of Relics, 1575-1580	p. 217
Sources and Abbreviations	p. 223
Notes	p. 231
Index	p. 265
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