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  • Pilgrimage of Anastasius: The Autobiography of the First Provincial of the Discalced Carmelites

    by Jerome Gratian, Stephen Watson ...
    Jerome Gracián (1545–1614) was the first provincial of the Discalced Carmelite Order and a close collaborator of Saint Teresa of Ávila, the order's foundress. He brought stability and growth to St. Teresa's movement when it was still in its infancy, particularly among the friars. Praising Gracián in the Book of Her Foundations, Teresa writes: "Had I very much desired to ask His Majesty for a ... Read more

    $26.95 USD

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  • Isabella

    The Warrior Queen

    by Kirstin Downey ...
    An engrossing and revolutionary biography of Isabella of Castile, the controversial Queen of Spain who sponsored Christopher Columbus's journey to the New World, established the Spanish Inquisition, and became one of the most influential female rulers in historyBorn at a time when Christianity was dying out and the Ottoman Empire was aggressively expanding, Isabella was inspired in her youth by ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Dogs of God

    Columbus, the Inquisition, and the Defeat of the Moors

    by James Reston Jr. ...
    From the acclaimed author of Warriors of God comes a riveting account of the pivotal events of 1492, when towering political ambitions, horrific religious excesses, and a drive toward international conquest changed the world forever.James Reston, Jr., brings to life the epic story of Spain’s effort to consolidate its own burgeoning power by throwing off the yoke of the Vatican. By waging war on ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Our Lady of Guadalupe

    Mother of the Civilization of Love

    by Carl Anderson, Eduardo Chavez ...
    Nearly a decade after Spain's conquest of Mexico, the future of Christianity on the American continent was very much in doubt. Confronted with a hostile colonial government and Native Americans wary of conversion, the newly-appointed bishop-elect of Mexico wrote to tell the King of Spain that, unless there was a miracle, the continent would be lost. Between December 9 and December 12, 1531, that ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • First Templar Nation

    How Eleven Knights Created a New Country and a Refuge for the Grail

    by Freddy Silva ...
    Overturns the long-established historical narrative about the origins and purpose of the Knights Templar• Explains how and why the Templars created Europe’s first nation-state, Portugal, with one of their own as king• Reveals the Portuguese roots of key founding members, their relationship with the Order of Sion, the Templars’ devotion to Mary Magdalene and John the Baptist, and the meaning and ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Pope Francis in His Own Words

    Edited by Julie Schwietert Collazo, Lisa Rogak ...
    The moment the identity of the newly elected 266th pontiff was revealed, it was clear to the thousands gathered in St. Peter’s Square, and to the watching world, that this pope was different in fascinating and exciting ways — the first from Latin America, the first Jesuit, and the first to take the name Francis, in honor of St. Francis of Assisi. When Pope Francis, formerly Cardinal Jorge Mario ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, Volume One [Includes The Book of Her Life, Spiritual Testimonies and the Soliloquies]

    by St. Teresa of Avila, Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD, Otilio Rodriguez, OCD ...
    Series Book 1 - The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila
    This is the second edition of Volume One of The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, first woman doctor of the church. The translators have taken full advantage of all that recent scholarship has contributed to a better understanding of Teresa and her writings. This volume includes her first major work, The Book of Her Life, and two of her shorter works, the Spiritual Testimonies and the ... Read more

    $19.95 USD

  • Pope Francis: Life and Revolution

    A Biography of Jorge Bergoglio

    by Elisabetta Piqué ...
    In Italy, they call him il Papa, which means “The Father.” Until his unprecedented election, author and friend Elisabetta Piqué called him Padre Jorge. He may have changed his name to become Pope Francis, but it did not change their friendship.Since Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope Francis in 2013, countless books have been written to help the world understand this deeply complex yet simple ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Fire and Song

    The story of Luis de Carvajal and the Mexican Inquisition

    by Anna Lanyon ...
    It is 1596 and in Mexico the Inquisition is at its most efficient. A young man trembles in his cell as he prays for salvation, torn between the Christianity he was schooled in and his ancestral faith. What heresies will the Holy Office uncover? Can he protect his mother and sisters?He is Luis de Carvajal. His forbears had fled the Inquisition in Spain to Portugal and then from there to the New ... Read more

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  • The Spanish Inquisition

    A Historical Revision, Fourth Edition

    by Henry Kamen ...
    In this completely updated edition of Henry Kamen’s classic survey of the Spanish Inquisition, the author incorporates the latest research in multiple languages to offer a new—and thought-provoking—view of this fascinating period. Kamen sets the notorious Christian tribunal into the broader context of Islamic and Jewish culture in the Mediterranean, reassesses its consequences for Jewish culture, ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • A History of Medieval Spain

    by Joseph F. O'Callaghan ...
    This book is a comprehensive narrative history based on an impressively wide reading in the sources and secondary literature. It should prove useful to teachers, students, and general readers in European history.... Soundly traditional in its organization, it gives primacy to political events without neglecting institutional, social, and cultural matters.―American Historical ReviewIllustrations, ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • The Collected Letters of St. Teresa of Avila, Volume One

    by St. Teresa of Avila, Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D. ...
    Series series The Collected Letters of St. Teresa of Avila
    The Collected Letters of St. Teresa of Avila, Volume One contains Letters from 1546 to 1577Includes Introductions, Endnotes, Biographical Sketches.St. Teresa of Avila wrote candidly the story of both her life and her work as foundress in two books: the Life and the Foundations. Despite her openness in them, she wrote with the knowledge they would be read by her censors. Her letters, then, exhibit ... Read more

    $11.95 USD