Neither Saints Nor Sinners: Writing the Lives of Women in Spanish America

by Kathleen Ann Myers

This book brings together the portraits and autobiographical texts of six 17th-century Latin American women, drawing on primary sources that include Inquisition and canonization records, confessional and mystic journals, and legal defenses and petitions.

Genres: History, Latin American History

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003