Introduction : a journey to another world -- The millenarian background -- The millenarian tradition in early modern Portugal -- The evolution of Sebastianism -- Maria de Macedo and the vision in her own words -- The trial of Maria de Macedo -- The element of time in Maria's vis…
On February 20, 1665, the Inquisition of Lisbon arrested Maria de Macedo, the wife of a midlevel official of the Portuguese Treasury, after she revealed during a deposition that, since she was ten years old, an enchanted Moor had frequently taken her to a magical castle in the l…
On February 20, 1665, the Inquisition of Lisbon arrested Maria de Macedo, the wife of a midlevel official of the Portuguese Treasury, after she revealed during a deposition that, since she was ten years old, an enchanted Moor had frequently taken her to a magical castle in the l…