From Madrid to Purgatory
Subtitle: The Art and Craft of Dying in Sixteenth-Century Spain (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 25, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 587
ISBN-13: 9780521529426
Subjects: Christian theology; European history: c 1500 to c 1750; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; History - General History; History; History: World; Spain; Christian Theology - Eschatology; Europe - General; Death--Religious aspects--Catholic Church--Hi; Death--Religious aspects--Catholic Church--History of doctrines--16th century; History / Europe / General; Religion-Christianity - Theology - Eschatology; Christianity - Theology - Eschatology
First sentence: First, the will serves as a salvific instrument, as one of "those things that are necessary for salvation"; second, it controls the distribution of his estate and lessens the possibility of "discord and quarreling" among his survivors.