a process of canonization that had to be halted owing to the controversy. Correction Their correction, by Inquisitional standards, was not particularly severe. Those convicted of engaging in the mystical practices and heresy of the were not executed, few endured long-term sentences, and most were tried only after they managed to acquire large congregations in Toledo or Salamanca. Not all, however, were so fortunate. In 1529 a congregation of naïve adherents at Toledo was subjected to whippings and imprisonment. Greater rigors followed, and for about a century alleged connection with the sent many to the Inquisition, especially at Córdoba. In spite of this determined action, however, the heresy maintained itself until the middle of the 17th century. The connection of later , whose practices varied in different places, to the original , Isabella de la Cruz and Pedro Ruiz del Alcaraz, is debatable, but the continuing influence of their teachings is not improbable. of France The movement (under the name of ) seems to have reached France from Seville in 1623, and attained some following in Picardy when joined (1634) by , curé of Saint-Georges de Roye, whose followers, known as Guerinets, were suppressed in 1635. A century later, another, more obscure body of came to light in the south of France in 1722, and appears to have lingered till 1794, having affinities with those known contemporaneously in the United Kingdom as 'French Prophets', an offshoot of the Camisards. Footnotes References Bibliography López de Rojas, Gabriel. Sectas y órdenes. Martínez Roca (2007). External links The Alumbrados of Spain Christian mysticism Spanish Inquisition History of Christianity in Spain History of Christianity in France Christian mystics Illuminati