Author:
Olds, Katrina Beth, 1973- author.
Imprint:New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
Descriptionxiii, 422 pages : facsimiles, maps ; 25 cm
Note:Creation. The forger between friends and enemies in Toledo ; The Jesuits, the Inquisition, and history ; How to forge a history : the authentic sources of the false chronicles ; Jews, Arabic-speakers, and new saints : the false chronicles and controversy ; The debut of the chronicles : Higuera's republic of sacred letters ; In defense of local saints : Higuera versus Rome -- Reception. Flawed texts and the negotiation of authenticity ; The Cronicones in local religion : Historia sacra writ small ; The politics of the Cronicones in Madrid and Rome ; From apocrypha to forgery ; Conclusion : new saints, new histories in modern Spain.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-422) and index.
