{"product_id":"luisa-de-carvajal-y-mendoza-freddy-cristbal-domnguez-9780271100371","title":"Luisa de Carvajal Y Mendoza: The Politics of an Anglo-Spanish Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the active political life of Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza (1566-1614), a poet and mystic who renounced her noble birthright for an ascetic, spiritual life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistorian Freddy Crist?bal Dom?nguez draws on Luisa's autobiographical writings, letters, and poetry to explore how piety and politics interacted in early modern Europe. He recounts Luisa's remarkable decision to leave Catholic Spain to work as a missionary in Protestant England. She sought to help the afflicted Catholic community there and fulfill a vow of martyrdom. Dom?nguez argues that, though she was a \"holy\" person--twice imprisoned for her beliefs--Luisa's spiritual goals were fundamentally intertwined with politics. Not incidentally but purposefully, she sought to influence Spain's foreign policy, advised political figures, and engaged in polemical debates and performances against Protestants in England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the first book to focus primarily on Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza's politics, this multifaceted, innovative work expands our understanding of the role of laywomen in public life in early modern Europe. It also explores the roles of both Spain and England in shaping Luisa de Carvajal y Mendoza's story and how she emerged as a political actor in multiple public spheres.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Freddy Crist?bal Dom?nguez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271100370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271100371\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.72d","brand":"Freddy Crist?bal Dom?nguez","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46881286717695,"sku":"9780271100371","price":109.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ab03ada7-bcbf-4158-9f5e-d28e9628be10.jpg?v=1747971216","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/luisa-de-carvajal-y-mendoza-freddy-cristbal-domnguez-9780271100371","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}