The Devil and the Land of the Holy Cross: Witches, Slaves, and Religion in Colonial Brazil (Translations from Latin America Series) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Devil and the Land of the Holy Cross: Witches, Slaves, and Religion in Colonial Brazil (Translations from Latin America Series) Book

Analyzes the nature of popular religion and the ways it was transferred to the New World in the 16th and 17th centuries. Using detailed transcripts from Inquisition trials this work constructs how Iberian indigenous and African beliefs fused to create a syncretic and magical religious culture in Brazil.Read More

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  • Blackwell

    Originally published in Brazil as O Diabo e a Terra de Santa Cruz, this translation from the Portuguese analyzes the nature of popular religion and the ways it was transferred to the New World in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

  • Pickabook

    Laura de Mello e Souza, Diane Grosklaus Whitty

  • 0292702361
  • 9780292702363
  • Laura de Mello e Souza, Diane Grosklaus Whitty
  • 31 May 2004
  • University of Texas Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 374
  • 1st University of Texas Press Ed
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