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Autore |
Myscofski Carole A. <1954-> |
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Titolo |
Amazons, wives, nuns, and witches : women and the Catholic church in colonial Brazil, 1500-1822 / / by Carole A. Myscofski |
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Austin : , : University of Texas Press, , [2013] |
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©2013 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (321 p.) |
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Collana |
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Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; ; book thirty-two |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Catholic women - Brazil |
Women and religion - Brazil |
Women in the Catholic Church - Brazil |
Women - Religious life - Brazil |
Electronic books. |
Brazil Church history To 1822 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction. Amazons and Others""; ""1. Amazons and Cannibals: Imagining Brazilian Women in the Colonial Period""; ""2. The Body of Virtues: The Christian Ideal for Brazilian Women""; ""3. Reading, Writing, and Sewing: Education for Brazilian Women""; ""4. Before the Church Doors: Women as Wives and Concubines""; ""5. Freiras and Recolhidas: The Reclusive Life for Brazilian Women""; ""6. Women and Magic: Religious Dissidents in Colonial Brazil""; ""Conclusion. Closing the Colonial Era""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" |
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