Pedro de Alcocer’s Hystoria o descripcion de la Imperial cibdad de Toledo (1554) as a source for the tridentine hagiographycal anthologies written in spanish

  • Verónica Torres Martín University of Barcelona
Keywords: Pedro de Alcocer, Historia o descripción de la imperial ciudad de Toledo, Tridentine anthologies, castile religious women, hagiography
Agencies: Este estudio se integra en el Proyecto de Investigación I D dirigido por la catedrática Rebeca Sanmartín Bastida bajo el título Catálogo de Santas Vivas (1400-1550): Hacia un corpus completo de un modelo hagiográfico femenino (Ref. PID2019-104237GB-I00; 2020-2024).

Abstract

 This article propose a influential network’s capture in the anthologies written after the Council of Trent in the basis of Pedro de Alcocer’s Hystoria o descripcion de la Imperial cibdad de Toledo (printed in 1554) as the principal source of female lives’ formation of women (born before Teresa de Jesus) with reputation for holiness in late medieval Castile or early 16th century. Specifically, those of María García, María de Toledo, Beatriz de Silva and Guiomar de Meneses.

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Published
2023-12-13
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Torres Martín, V. (2023). Pedro de Alcocer’s Hystoria o descripcion de la Imperial cibdad de Toledo (1554) as a source for the tridentine hagiographycal anthologies written in spanish . Dicenda. Estudios de Lengua Y Literatura Españolas, 41, 233-246. https://doi.org/10.5209/dice.84873
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