"e;Comedia"e; of Virginity
Few characters were as ubiquitous in the collective consciousness of early modern Spain as the Virgin Mary. By the 1600s, the cult of the Immaculate Conception had become so popularized that the Hapsburg monarchy issued a decree in defense of the Virgin''s purity. In a climate of political disharmony, however, this revered icon--often pictured as the passive, chaste, and pious mother of God--would...
Few characters were as ubiquitous in the collective consciousness of early modern Spain as the Virgin Mary. By the 1600s, the cult of the Immaculate Conception had become so popularized that the Hapsburg monarchy issued a decree in defense of the Virgin''s purity. In a climate of political disharmony, however, this revered icon--often pictured as the passive, chaste, and pious mother of God--would...
