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Like a historical thriller, this book recounts how the powerful Valencian monastery of Santa María de Valldigna remained in open rebellion against both the king and Rome for five years (1665–1670). We encounter armed monks, attempts to kill the Castilian visitor sent to inspect the house, and a shocking sacrilegious scandal in an aristocratic convent of nuns. Behind these events lies the complex judicial machinery of the Old Regime and, with it, the limits of absolutism during a critical juncture—the minority of Charles II, the regency of Queen Mariana, and the bitter conflict between Nithard and Don Juan José of Austria. The sources are exceptional, above all the protagonist’s autobiographical account.
Price: $158.00
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Publication Date:
15 October 2026
ISBN: 9789004764804
Format: Hardcover
Fernando Andrés Robres, Ph.D. (1984), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, is Emeritus Professor of Early Modern History at the same institution. He has studied the patrimonies of the privileged and their exploitation and military orders, topics on which he has published and edited various studies, such as (in collaboration), Santa María de Montesa. La orden militar del Reino de Valencia, ss. XIV-XIX (Publicaciones de la Universidad de Valencia, 2019).
Rafael Benítez Sánchez-Blanco, Ph.D. (1976), Universidad de Valencia, is Emeritus Professor of Early Modern History at that University. He has published monographs, editions, articles and chapters of Books on Moriscos and the Spanish Inquisition, for example Heroicas decisiones. La Monarquía Católica y los moriscos valencianos (Alfons el Magnànim, 2001).
Eugenio Ciscar Pallarés, lawyer and PhD (1976) trained at the University of Valencia, has served as a senior secondary school professor. His research ranges from post 1609 Morisco resettlement to criminal justice in the Old Regime, on which he has published several books , including En el nombre del rey: la delincuencia y la justicia penal en la Valencia de los Austrias (Publicaciones de la Universidad de Valencia, 2020).
Rafael Benítez Sánchez-Blanco, Ph.D. (1976), Universidad de Valencia, is Emeritus Professor of Early Modern History at that University. He has published monographs, editions, articles and chapters of Books on Moriscos and the Spanish Inquisition, for example Heroicas decisiones. La Monarquía Católica y los moriscos valencianos (Alfons el Magnànim, 2001).
Eugenio Ciscar Pallarés, lawyer and PhD (1976) trained at the University of Valencia, has served as a senior secondary school professor. His research ranges from post 1609 Morisco resettlement to criminal justice in the Old Regime, on which he has published several books , including En el nombre del rey: la delincuencia y la justicia penal en la Valencia de los Austrias (Publicaciones de la Universidad de Valencia, 2020).