Religion and Sex Crimes in Baroque Spain: The "Ave Maria" as Alibi in His "Wife's Executioner" by María de Zayas

The focus of this essay is Zayas’s use of the Ave Maria, a hymn or prayer that celebrates the immaculate purity of God’s chosen vessel for the birth of Christ and then pleads with her to "pray for us sinners now and in the hour of our death". I will claim that Zayas’s arguably blasphemous...

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Main Author: Nelson, Bradley J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Fac. [2018]
In: Théologiques
Year: 2018, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 61-81
RelBib Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBH Iberian Peninsula
KDB Roman Catholic Church
NBJ Mariology
RD Hymnology
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