In the Shadow of the Virgin

[T]his comparative study in church discipline is recommended to all scholars in the field. It may be hoped that some of them will imitate its approach in their own research. --Avshalom Laniado, Mediterranean Historical Review Because only a handful of documents for the earliest years of the Inquisition survive anywhere in Spain, these . . . cases are exceptionally valuable, and Starr-LeBeau makes a masterful use of them to address the questions that have preoccupied scholars. . . . [She] provides a much more detailed analysis than previously available of the incremental steps in the process by which the Inquisition established boundaries and orthodox practice, its major impact on Spanish society. --Helen Nader, American Historical Review Because only a handful of documents for the earliest years of the Inquisition survive anywhere in Spain, these ... cases are exceptionally valuable, and Starr-LeBeau makes a masterful use of them to address the questions that have preoccupied scholars... [She] provides a much more detailed analysis than previously available of the incremental steps in the process by which the Inquisition established boundaries and orthodox practice, its major impact on Spanish society. --Helen Nader, American Historical Review [T]his comparative study in church discipline is recommended to all scholars in the field. It may be hoped that some of them will imitate its approach in their own research. --Avshalom Laniado, Mediterranean Historical Review