The Devil And The Land Of The Holy Cross

Author : Laura de Mello e Souza
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292787510
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Devil and the Land of the Holy Cross written by Laura de Mello e Souza and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-07-05 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Using richly detailed transcripts from Inquisition trials, Mello e Souza reconstructs how Iberian, indigenous, and African beliefs fused to create a syncretic and magical religious culture in Brazil. Focusing on sorcery, the author argues that European traditions of witchcraft combined with practices of Indians and African slaves to form a uniquely Brazilian set of beliefs that became central to the lives of the people in the colony. Her work shows how the Inquisition reinforced the view held in Europe (particularly Portugal) that the colony was a purgatory where those who had sinned were exiled, a place where the Devil had a wide range of opportunities. Her focus on the three centuries of the colonial period, the multiple regions in Brazil, and the Indian, African, and Portuguese traditions of magic, witchcraft, and healing, make the book comprehensive in scope. Stuart Schwartz of Yale University says, "It is arguably the best book of this genre about Latin America...all in all, a wonderful book." Alida Metcalf of Trinity University, San Antonio, says, "This book is a major contribution to the field of Brazilian history...the first serious study of popular religion in colonial Brazil...Mello e Souza is a wonderful writer."

Author : Eugene Field
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
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Download or read book The Holy Cross, and Other Tales written by Eugene Field and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Eugene Field
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
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Download or read book The Holy Cross written by Eugene Field and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Professor Denys Pringle
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1409483118
Total Pages : 510 pages
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Download or read book Pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the Holy Land, 1187–1291 written by Professor Denys Pringle and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-07-28 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents new translations of a selection of Latin and French pilgrimage texts - and two in Greek - relating to Jerusalem and the Holy Land between the fall of Jerusalem to Saladin in 1187 and the loss of Acre to the Mamluks in 1291. It therefore complements and extends existing studies, which deal with the period from Late Antiquity to Saladin's conquest. Such texts provide a wealth of information not only about the business of pilgrimage itself, but also on church history, topography, architecture and the social and economic conditions prevailing in Palestine in this period. Pilgrimage texts of the 13th century have not previously been studied as a group in this way; and, because the existing editions of them are scattered across a variety of rather obscure publications, they tend to be under-utilized by historians, despite their considerable interest. For instance, they are often more original than the texts of the 12th century, representing first-hand accounts of travellers rather than simple reworkings of older texts. Taken together, they document the changes that occurred in the pattern of pilgrimage after the fall of Jerusalem in 1187, during its brief reoccupation by the Franks between 1229 and 1244, and during the period from 1260 onwards when the Mamluks gradually took military control of the whole country. In the 1250s-60s, for example, because of the difficulties faced by pilgrims in reaching Jerusalem itself, there developed an alternative set of holy sites offering indulgences in Acre. The bringing of Transjordan, southern Palestine and Sinai under Ayyubid and, later, Mamluk control also encouraged the development of the pilgrimage to St Catherine's monastery on Mount Sinai in this period. The translations are accompanied by explanatory footnotes and preceded by an introduction, which discusses the development of Holy Land pilgrimage in this period and the context, dating and composition of the texts themselves. The book concludes with a comprehensive list of sources and a detailed index.

Author : Mark Mazower
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Networks of Power in Modern Greece written by Mark Mazower and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Networks of Power in Modern Greeceprovides exciting new perspectives on Greek history and society. The collection presents pioneering work on the Greek merchant marine and the role of women in the Greek War of Independence. Local perspectives transform common assumptions regarding the function of miracle-working shrines and the place of religion in the early nineteenth century. Essays show how clientilistic networks linked the nationalist heroes of the Macedonian Struggle to the anticommunism of the Civil War, analyze the populist radicalism of Andreas Papandreou, a figure who dominated Greek politics in the final decades of the Cold War, and emphasize the ambiguities of a "modern Greece." Additional chapters by leading anthropologists, such as Ren e Hirschon, Roger Just, and Juliet Du Boulay, apply an ethnographic approach toward the understanding of social institutions and practices, from divorce to sacred foodstuffs. Written in honor of the classical historian John Campbell, the multidisciplinary essays challenge conventional ideas of Greek nationalism and social development and touch upon broader issues, including the emergence of nation-states, the relationship between familial and ideological conflict, and the continued relevance of religion in modern life.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
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Author : New York Public Library
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 966 pages
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Download or read book Bulletin of the New York Public Library written by New York Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 966 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 986 pages
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Total Pages : 462 pages
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Download or read book Holy Cross Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 460 pages
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