Visionaries
The Spanish Republic and the Reign of Christ
William A. Christian Jr.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
When I
started this work in earnest, in 1982, the visions at Ezkioga were within the
range of useful memory. Some of those I thank below have died; others who
talked to me have now forgotten not only what they knew but who I am. Eyes once
bright are now weak. Every citation in the notes is a heartfelt thanks. I thank the following persons who
helped me gain access to sources: Francisca Aguirre, Txemi Apaolaza, Gurutzi
Arregi, Asier Astigarraga, Matilde Ayerbe, José Miguel de Barandiarán, Iñaki
Bastarrika, Jesús Beraza, Josefa Bereciartu, Peter Brown, José María Busca
Isusi, William A. Christian, Sr., Salvador Cardús (grandson) and Oriol Cardús
Grau, Julio Caro Baroja, Leonor Castillo, Juan Celaya, Simone Duro, Jon
Elorriaga, Francisco Ezcurdia, Cristina García Rodero, Angel de la Hoz, Luis
Irurzun, Temma Kaplan, Rhys Isaac, William James, Marivi and Lorenzo Jayo,
Lynzee Klingman, Manuel Lecuona, Ander Manterola, Andrés de Mañaricua, Andrea
Marcos, José Martínez Julià, Francisco Mendiueta, Pío and Angeles Montoya,
Antonio Navarro, Santiago Onaindia, Dionisio Oñatibia, Ignacio
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Oñatibia, Jabier Otermin, Richard Pearce, Joan Prat, the
widow of Fernand Remisch, Lourdes Rodes, Salvador Rodríguez Becerra, Josefina
Romà, Antoni Sospedra Buyé, José Ignacio Tellechea Idigoras, Ignasi Terradas,
Gail Ullman, and Laurence Wylie. Others requested anonymity but know who they
are.
Libraries and archives: Archivo diocesano de Vitoria, A.
González de Langarica; Archivo diocesano de San Sebastián, Andoni Eizaguirre;
Archivo diocesano de Pamplona, J. Salas Tirapu; Seminario de Vitoria, Ignacio
Oñatibia; Jesuit Province of Loyola, J. R. Eguillor; Hemeroteca Municipal de
San Sebastián, Arantxa Arzamendi; Hemeroteca Municipal de Madrid; Biblioteca de
la Provincia de Castilla, PP. Capuchinos, Madrid; Hemeroteca Municipal de
Barcelona; all the staff of Instituto Labayru, Derio, who were extraordinarily
attentive; Euzkalzaindia; Bibliotecas Municipales de Bilbao, Terrassa,
Sabadell, and Reus; Editorial Auñamendi, especially Idoia Estornés Zubizarreta;
Archivo Histórico de Navarra; Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid; Centro Nacional de
Microfilm, Encarnación Ochoa; Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris; Bibliothèque
Royale, Bruxelles; Library of Congress, especially Dolores Martin and Georgette
Magassy Dorn; Wilson Center Library, especially Zed David; Getty Center
Library, especially Lois White and Chris Jahnke; and the Basque Studies Center
at the University of Nevada, Reno.
During much
of this project I had the support of fellowships. My deepest gratitude to the
John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the U.S.-Spanish Cultural Committee, the
Woodrow Wilson Center, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and
the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities.
The following
readers commented on the entire manuscript: L.W. Bonbrake, Harvey Cox, Henk Driessen,
James Lang, Kathryn Sklar, Richard Trexler, and two anonymous readers. Henk
Driessen, James Lang, and particularly Richard Minear made especially careful
readings. Others read particular chapters: Jodi Bilinkoff, William Callahan,
Oriol and Josep Cardús, Eric Foner, Lynn Garafola, Judith Herman, Michael
Holly, Willy Jansen, Gábor Klaniczáy, Aviad Kleinberg, Ander Manterola, Gaspar
Martínez, Lourdes Rodes, and Tom Yager. Joseba Zulaika supported this project
with head and heart from start to finish. Biotz-biotzen lagun .
My expert
copy editor, Amanda Clark Frost, devoted considerable time and energy to making
this book clear and coherent. Michelle Bonnice oversaw the book's production
and helped with the hard choices among photographs. Randall Goodall designed
the book and the jacket. In 1972 Stanley Holwitz saw to the publication of
Person and God in a Spanish Valley, the engine in this long train of thought,
and I am grateful for his support and advice in the final stages of this work.
Josefa Martínez Berriel, Fatima Martínez Berriel, Josefa Berriel Jordán, and
the rest of the clan cheerfully did my chores when I was away from home. This
work is for Pepa and Palma with all my love. Just as the visions were a
collective enterprise, so was this book. Thank you one and all.
