The Resource Forging the Past : Invented Histories in Counter-Reformation Spain, Katrina B. Olds
Forging the Past : Invented Histories in Counter-Reformation Spain, Katrina B. Olds
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- Summary
- Spain's infamous "false chronicles" were alleged to have been unearthed in 1595 in a monastic library deep in the heart of the German-speaking territories of the Holy Roman Empire by the Jesuit priest Jerónimo Román de la Higuera. Though rife with anachronisms and chronological inaccuracies, these four volumes of invented "truths" about Spanish sacred history radically transformed the religious landscape in Counter-Reformation Spain and were not definitively exposed as forgeries until centuries later, after nearly two hundred years of scholarly debate. In this fascinating study, Katrina B. Olds explores the history, author, and legacy of one of the world's most compelling and consequential frauds. The book examines how a relatively obscure Jesuit priest so successfully fabricated a set of supposedly historical documents that they were accepted as authentic for generation after generation. The chronicles' influence was so powerful, in fact, that they continued to shape scholarly discourse, religious practice, and local heritage throughout Spain well into the twentieth century, despite having been debunked as forgeries in the eighteenth. Olds's fascinating analysis brings together intellectual, cultural, religious, and political history while reinvigorating an ongoing debate on the uses and abuses of history and the nature of historical and religious truth
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 422 pages)
- Contents
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- 2. The Jesuits, the Inquisition, and History
- 3. How to Forge a History: The Authentic Sources of the False Chronicles
- 4. Jews, Arabic-Speakers, and New Saints: The False Chronicles and Controversy
- 5. The Debut of the Chronicles: Higuera's Republic of Sacred Letters
- 6. In Defense of Local Saints: Higuera versus Rome
- Part II. Reception
- 7. Flawed Texts and the Negotiation of Authenticity
- 8. The Cronicones in Local Religion: Historia Sacra Writ Small
- 9. The Politics of the Cronicones in Madrid and Rome
- 10. From Apocrypha to Forgery
- Frontmatter
- Conclusion: New Saints, New Histories in Modern Spain
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Translations and Orthography
- Maps
- An Introduction to History and Myth in Early Modern Spain
- Part I. Creation
- 1. The Forger between Friends and Enemies in Toledo
- Isbn
- 9780300186062
- Label
- Forging the Past : Invented Histories in Counter-Reformation Spain
- Title
- Forging the Past
- Title remainder
- Invented Histories in Counter-Reformation Spain
- Statement of responsibility
- Katrina B. Olds
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Spain's infamous "false chronicles" were alleged to have been unearthed in 1595 in a monastic library deep in the heart of the German-speaking territories of the Holy Roman Empire by the Jesuit priest Jerónimo Román de la Higuera. Though rife with anachronisms and chronological inaccuracies, these four volumes of invented "truths" about Spanish sacred history radically transformed the religious landscape in Counter-Reformation Spain and were not definitively exposed as forgeries until centuries later, after nearly two hundred years of scholarly debate. In this fascinating study, Katrina B. Olds explores the history, author, and legacy of one of the world's most compelling and consequential frauds. The book examines how a relatively obscure Jesuit priest so successfully fabricated a set of supposedly historical documents that they were accepted as authentic for generation after generation. The chronicles' influence was so powerful, in fact, that they continued to shape scholarly discourse, religious practice, and local heritage throughout Spain well into the twentieth century, despite having been debunked as forgeries in the eighteenth. Olds's fascinating analysis brings together intellectual, cultural, religious, and political history while reinvigorating an ongoing debate on the uses and abuses of history and the nature of historical and religious truth
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- 1973-
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- Olds, Katrina Beth
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- maps
- Index
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- Literary form
- non fiction
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- bibliography
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- Spain
- History
- HISTORY
- RELIGION
- Historiography
- History
- Spain
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- Forging the Past : Invented Histories in Counter-Reformation Spain, Katrina B. Olds
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- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- multicolored
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- txt
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- Contents
-
- 2. The Jesuits, the Inquisition, and History
- 3. How to Forge a History: The Authentic Sources of the False Chronicles
- 4. Jews, Arabic-Speakers, and New Saints: The False Chronicles and Controversy
- 5. The Debut of the Chronicles: Higuera's Republic of Sacred Letters
- 6. In Defense of Local Saints: Higuera versus Rome
- Part II. Reception
- 7. Flawed Texts and the Negotiation of Authenticity
- 8. The Cronicones in Local Religion: Historia Sacra Writ Small
- 9. The Politics of the Cronicones in Madrid and Rome
- 10. From Apocrypha to Forgery
- Frontmatter
- Conclusion: New Saints, New Histories in Modern Spain
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Translations and Orthography
- Maps
- An Introduction to History and Myth in Early Modern Spain
- Part I. Creation
- 1. The Forger between Friends and Enemies in Toledo
- Control code
- ocn915343662
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 422 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780300186062
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- unknown
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- computer
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- c
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- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
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- 22573/ctt1755dj9
- Quality assurance targets
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- unknown sound
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- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)915343662
- Label
- Forging the Past : Invented Histories in Counter-Reformation Spain, Katrina B. Olds
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 2. The Jesuits, the Inquisition, and History
- 3. How to Forge a History: The Authentic Sources of the False Chronicles
- 4. Jews, Arabic-Speakers, and New Saints: The False Chronicles and Controversy
- 5. The Debut of the Chronicles: Higuera's Republic of Sacred Letters
- 6. In Defense of Local Saints: Higuera versus Rome
- Part II. Reception
- 7. Flawed Texts and the Negotiation of Authenticity
- 8. The Cronicones in Local Religion: Historia Sacra Writ Small
- 9. The Politics of the Cronicones in Madrid and Rome
- 10. From Apocrypha to Forgery
- Frontmatter
- Conclusion: New Saints, New Histories in Modern Spain
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Translations and Orthography
- Maps
- An Introduction to History and Myth in Early Modern Spain
- Part I. Creation
- 1. The Forger between Friends and Enemies in Toledo
- Control code
- ocn915343662
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 422 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780300186062
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt1755dj9
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)915343662
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