UID:
edocfu_9959798080902883
Format:
1 online resource (228 p.)
ISBN:
0-8139-3462-1
Content:
Convinced he was the Elijah Messiah, the Spanish peasant Bartolome Sanchezbelieved that God had sent him in divine retribution for the crimes committed by the Inquisition andthe Church. Snchez's vocal and intolerable religious deviance quickly landed him in the verycourt he believed he was sent to destroy. Fortunately for him, the first inquisitor assigned to hiscase came to believe that Snchez was not guilty by virtue of insanity, and tried to collectthe proof that would save his life.For seven years, Snchez shuttled betweenjails, hospitals, and his home village while his fate hung in the balance. Nalle convincingly evokesthe compassion of Snchez's first inquisitor, Pedro Cortes, as he struggled to save hisprisoner's life, and argues that the Spanish, compared to other Europeans of the day, wereremarkably rational and humane when dealing with the mentally ill.A gripping taleof madness and religious conviction, Mad for God offers new historical insight into the ongoingdebate over the nature of religious inspiration, insanity, and criminal responsibility.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8139-2001-9
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8139-2000-0
Language:
English
