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No man is closer to a woman than her confessor, not her father, not her brother, not her husband. -Spanish saying Vicente de Rocamora, the epitome of a young renaissance man in 17th century Spain, questions the goals of the Inquisition and the brutal means used by King Philip IV and the Roman Church to achieve them. Spain vows to eliminate the heretical influences attributed to Jews, Moors, and others who would taint the limpieza de sangre, p...

A new life and a new name ... House of Rocamora, a novel of the 17th century, continues the exceptional life of roguish Vicente de Rocamora, a former Dominican friar, confessor to the Infanta of Spain, and almost Inquisitor General. After Rocamora arrives in Amsterdam at age forty-two, asserts he is a Jew, and takes the name, "Isaac, " he revels in the freedom to become whatever he chooses for the first time in his life. Rocamora makes new fri...

In a time of intolerance, following your conscience is a dangerous choice... "In the meantime, a credible report caused all ecclesiastics of the Catholic Church to lament and weep." -Prudentius of Troyes, Annales Bertiniani, anno 839 On Ascension Day May 22, 838, Bishop Bodo, chaplain, confessor, and favorite of both his kin, Emperor Louis the Pious, son of Charlemagne, and Empress Judith, caused the greatest scandal of the Carolingian Empire...

This volume contains five articles by prominent scholars of French literature and political philosophy that examine the relation between Montaigne's Essays, one of the classic works of the French philosophical and literary traditions, and the writings attributed by Montaigne to his friend, the French humanist Etienne de La Boétie's. Three contributors to the volume suggest that Montaigne was the real author of the revolutionary tract On Volun...

Nostradamus, Occult, Suspense, Metaphysical, Visionary A Gothic Horror Novella from Award Winning Author Donald Michael Platt San Francisco 1946: A Confrontation of Sorcerers and Seers. For the first time in almost 400 years, Michele born in 1932, a direct descendant of Nostradamus, will have all his gifts of precognition and even greater powers, but they will not be fully manifested until after she enters puberty. More than one secret society...

100 Questions And Answers About Your High-Risk Pregnancy Provides Authoritative, Practical Answers To The Most Common Questions Posed By At-Risk Expecting Mothers And Fathers. The Text Covers Topics Such As Testing, Mother's Health, Fetal Health, Complications, Prevention And Treatment, And Physical And Psychological Coping. This Book Is An Invaluable Resource For Anyone Coping With The Physical And Emotional Turmoil Of High-Risk Pregnancy.Que...