El número de Dios

The first half of the 13th century was the time of women and cathedrals, a time of worship for poetry, love and intelligence. Its most sublime artistic manifestation was the Gothic cathedral, where stylistic beauty, citizen pride and Christian spirituality were subtly merged. But this time was also a time of religious persecutions that forced characters such as the protagonist of The Number of God, Teresa Rendol, into hiding and silence. Daughter of a Cathar master painter and painter herself from a young age, her eventful life led her to be a privileged witness to the construction of the cathedrals of Burgos and León, and to come into contact with one of the best-kept secrets, transmitted from generation to generation among the union of architects, «the number of God», the secret on which the construction of the cathedrals was sustained in the new style imported from France. In this novel, now reissued by B de Bolsillo, José Luis Corral offers a fascinating and sensual look over some decisive years in the artistic and ideological evolution of the history of Europe, while unraveling a mystery of extraordinary magnitude.