The Death of Sorwana

Sorwana's response was not formally published during her lifetime, but it was passed around in religious circles. She got some sympathy and support in Spain, but total derision in places where Antonio Vieira was especially revered. Her confessor Antonio Nunez de Miranda refused to see her. He was also reported as saying that if he had realized she was going to do all this writing, he would have seen her married instead. The Archbishop demanded that Sorwana give up her studies. This might have blown over, but in 1691 there were extensive floods in the region, and then there was a solar eclipse,. Then that was followed by a plague of weevils, which people either