Un presunto caso de complicidad diabólica en el siglo XVIII: Alonso de Osuna y las religiosas del convento de Santa Clara de Antequera

Abstract

This article covers a presumed case of diabolic complicity which took place in the Santa Clara convent at Antequera in the second half of the eighteenth century. The article analyzes the actions of the nuns who had denounced a music professor for sorcery, as well as the investigation undertaken by the Inquisition over more than eight years. The Santa Clara convent is of special interest since it manifests a microcosm in which appears sorne of the religious problems linked to the superstitious mentality that impregnated the Spanish society during the eighteenth century.