The Lives of Women: A New History of Inquisitional Spain

Acknowledgments

ix ACknoWLedgmenTs R esearch support for this book was provided by many sources, including postdoctoral fellowships from the Monticello College Foundation at the Newberry Library and an Ahmanson-Getty Postdoctoral Fellowship from UCLA’s William Andrews Clark Memorial Library and the Center for Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Studies. Wayne State University gave me several research leaves, which allowed me to finish the book. Numerous grants from the university’s general research funds and the Humanities Center provided funding for archival research during three summers in Madrid. In 2003, an Andrew W. Mellon grant at the Huntington Library afforded me the opportunity to consult Inquisition cases at that institution, and a research grant from the Program for Cultural Cooperation between Spain’s Ministry of Culture, Education, and Sports and United States Universities funded a trip to Spanish archives. Archivists in the United States and in Spain gave of their time and knowledge to help bring the project to completion. The following people guided my research: John Aubry and John Powell, of the Newberry Library; Jennifer Schaffner and Bruce Whiteman, of UCLA’s William Andrews Clark Memorial Library; and the librarians and reader services personnel at the Huntington Library. In Spain, the fine staff at the Biblioteca Nacional and at the Archivo Histórico Nacional, particularly Pilar Bravo Lledó and José Luis Clares, and at the Biblioteca Nacional assisted me in my research. Finally, the Humanities Center at Wayne State University and the Asociaci ón de Escritoras de España y las Américas (1300–1800) provided invaluable scholarly support. The editors at the Arizona Journal for Hispanic Cultural Studies and the University Press of Florida generously gave permission to reprint revised versions of “The Future of Early Modern Women’s Studies: The Case of Same-Sex Friendship and Desire in Zayas and Carvajal” (Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies 4 [2000]: 265–84) and of “Desire Unbound: Women’s Theater of Spain’s Golden Age,” in Joan Cammarata, ed., Women’s Discourse in Early Modern Spain (University Press of Florida, 2003). Bar- x The Lives of Women bara Simerka and Christopher Weimer, editors of Laberinto, also supported and published my work. The Lives of Women: A New History of Inquisitional Spain has benefited from the fine research of countless scholars of early modern Europe and the Hispanic world. In Spain, Isabel Barbeito Carneiro has brought numerous texts to light through her impeccable archival work. In North America, I have been guided and inspired by a cohort of impressive scholars, including Anne J. Cruz, Amy Katz Kaminsky, Mary Elizabeth Perry, Stacey Schlau, Teresa Soufas, and Alison Weber. This book could not have been written without the consummate scholarship and tireless support of these women. A number of other colleagues have been extraordinarily generous of time and spirit. I thank Electa Arenal, Joan Cammarata, Renato Barahona, Jodi Bilinkoff, Marina Brownlee, Gwyn Campbell, Frances Dolan, Walter Edwards , James Farr, Charles Ganelin, Mitchell Greenberg, Stephen Haliczer, Richard Kagan, Suzanne Kessler, Peggy McCracken, Helen Nader, David Nirenberg, María Helena Sánchez Ortega, Barbara Simerka, Charles Stivale , Valerie Traub, Sandra VanBurkleo, Elissa Weaver, Judith Whitenack, and Amy Williamsen. I am grateful for these individuals’ encouragement and for their willingness to write more letters of recommendation for me than most people require in an entire career. I am further indebted to Stacey Schlau and Reyes Coll-Tellechea for reviewing the manuscript and making invaluable suggestions for improvement . Michael Ames, Betsy Phillips, Dariel Mayer, Bobbe Needham, and the staff at Vanderbilt University Press have nurtured this project through the editorial process with enthusiasm and professionalism. For demonstrating that publishing can be a pleasurable, rewarding enterprise, I applaud and thank them. Akin to some early modern nuns who practiced bilocation, I lived in two places during the preparation of the manuscript. Friends, colleagues, and students provided professional and personal support for my scholarly activities. In conjunction with the Northwest Airlines flight attendants, my friends John Corvino and Kate Paesani always took good care of me in the Motor City. My parents and my brothers have been strong allies, and I thank them for the fun and friendship they bring to my life. In Southern California , my friends, family, and, seemingly, the weather continue to make special efforts to welcome me. Sam barks and Max smiles. When my partner, Scott, walks in the door, the sun shines and I know I am home. I dedicate this book to Mary Elizabeth Perry, a model scholar, colleague, and friend whose generosity knows...