Between Court and Confessional explores the lives of Spanish inquisitors, closely examining the careers and writings of five sixteenth- and seventeenth-century inquisitors. Kimberly Lynn considers what shaped particular inquisitors, what kinds of official experience each accumulated, and to what ends each directed his acquired knowledge and experience. The case studies examine the complex interplay of careerism and ideological commitments evident in inquisitorial activities. Whereas many studies of the Spanish Inquisition tend to depict inquisitors as faceless and interchangeable, Lynn probes...

Between Court and Confessional explores the lives of Spanish inquisitors, closely examining the careers and writings of five sixteenth- and seventeenth-century inquisitors. Kimberly Lynn considers what shaped particular inquisitors, what kinds of official experience each accumulated, and to what ends each directed his acquired knowledge and experience. The case studies examine the complex interplay of careerism and ideological commitments evident in inquisitorial activities. Whereas many studies of the Spanish Inquisition tend to depict inquisitors as faceless and interchangeable, Lynn probes...

"Empowered " takes us through our lives from integration of spirit and body, to the creation of our physical selves. We then travel through our misguided teachings and beliefs and finally back to our true selves. We see that the pure innocence, beauty, and power that we came into this world as has never left us. The only thing that has changed is our focus and our beliefs. As you read "Empowered " you will learn who you really are and what you are made of. You will see how your beliefs have caused you to create things in life that you don't want, and how through your energy and your new...

This book engages with new ways of thinking about boundaries of the early modern Hispanic past, looking at current scholarly techniques.