The Dreamer of the Calle de San Salvador: Visions of Sedition and Sacrilege in Sixteenth-Century Spain

By Roger Osborne

Book Overview

Lucrecia was a 19-year-old Madrilena when, in 1587, her dreams began to be recorded and published by a disaffected group of clerics. Over the next three years, they transcribed 400 of Lucrecia s dreams, which they considered to be messages from God. The dreams warned of the defeat of the Armada, the death of King Philip II, the fall of Spain, and a new beginning under a new king. As some of her prophecies came true, she fell afoul of the authorities and was arrested by the Holy Order. This book includes 35 of Lucrecia s most captivating dreams. The inventiveness of these visions are astonishing, while the stories that they tell are compelling and of immense historical interest. Roger Osborne weaves a commentary around each dream, which helps us to understand Lucrecia s visions and the extraordinary time and place she inhabited."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B007K5AWR4
• ISBN13: 9780712664974
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Penguin Random House
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.5"