Stacey Schlau is Professor of Spanish, and Women's and Gender Studies, at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. She has published many articles on early modern, colonial, and twentieth-century Spanish and Spanish American women writers, as well as four previous books, including Untold Sisters: Hispanic Nuns In Their Own Works, co-authored with Electa Arenal (University of New Mexico Press, 1989, 2010).

• Acknowledgements …vii Introduction: Toward a Gendered Approach to Understanding the Hispanic Inquisitions …1 1. Betwixt and Between: Judaizing Women Face the Inquisition… 25 2. Dangerous Spiritualities: Beatas, Illuminism, and False Religiosity …65 3. Devil With A Black or Brown Dress On: Holy Women as Ventriloquists of Satan …95 4. Bewitching Acts: Cures, Love Potions, and Spells… 119 5. Entre cuerpo y alma: Female Sexuality, Out of Control? …147 Epilogue… 173 Bibliography …177 Index …187

Stacey Schlau is Professor of Spanish, and Women's and Gender Studies, at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. She has published many articles on early modern, colonial, and twentieth-century Spanish and Spanish American women writers, as well as four previous books, including Untold Sisters: Hispanic Nuns In Their Own Works, co-authored with Electa Arenal (University of New Mexico Press, 1989, 2010).

• Acknowledgements …vii Introduction: Toward a Gendered Approach to Understanding the Hispanic Inquisitions …1 1. Betwixt and Between: Judaizing Women Face the Inquisition… 25 2. Dangerous Spiritualities: Beatas, Illuminism, and False Religiosity …65 3. Devil With A Black or Brown Dress On: Holy Women as Ventriloquists of Satan …95 4. Bewitching Acts: Cures, Love Potions, and Spells… 119 5. Entre cuerpo y alma: Female Sexuality, Out of Control? …147 Epilogue… 173 Bibliography …177 Index …187

Stacey Schlau is Professor of Spanish, and Women's and Gender Studies, at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. She has published many articles on early modern, colonial, and twentieth-century Spanish and Spanish American women writers, as well as four previous books, including Untold Sisters: Hispanic Nuns In Their Own Works, co-authored with Electa Arenal (University of New Mexico Press, 1989, 2010).

• Acknowledgements …vii Introduction: Toward a Gendered Approach to Understanding the Hispanic Inquisitions …1 1. Betwixt and Between: Judaizing Women Face the Inquisition… 25 2. Dangerous Spiritualities: Beatas, Illuminism, and False Religiosity …65 3. Devil With A Black or Brown Dress On: Holy Women as Ventriloquists of Satan …95 4. Bewitching Acts: Cures, Love Potions, and Spells… 119 5. Entre cuerpo y alma: Female Sexuality, Out of Control? …147 Epilogue… 173 Bibliography …177 Index …187