1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910811248903321

Autore

Redden Andrew

Titolo

Diabolism in colonial Peru, 1560-1750 / / by Andrew Redden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-65309-5

1-317-31503-0

1-281-12502-4

9786611125028

1-85196-550-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Religious cultures in the early modern world ; ; no. 3

Disciplina

133.420985

Soggetti

Demonology - Peru - History

Peru Religious life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2008 by Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Limited.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1 Cities of God Besieged; 2 The Possession of María Pizarro; 3 The Devils of Trujillo and the Passion of the Poor Clares; 4 The Sally: Christianity Beyond the Walls; 5 Satan's Fortress: The Devil in the Andes; 6 The Breach: Devils of the In-Between; Conclusion; Notes; Glossary; Works Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Redden uses a multidisciplinary approach to investigate the transcultural phenomenon of the devil in early modern Peru. He demonstrates that the interaction between the Christian and the Andean worlds was far more complex than any interpretation that posits a clear dichotomy between conversion and resistance would suggest. The study analyses historical sources such as missionary letters, inquisitorial trials, and chronicles written by commentators from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; it also draws on theology, ritual and liturgy, as well as literature, art, ethnography and anthropology in order to attempt a portrait of a communal society that formed an integral part of the Hispanic world between the sixteenth and the eighteenth centuries.