LEADER 04104nam 2200781 a 450 001 9910779476403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-89867-5 010 $a0-8122-0705-X 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812207057 035 $a(CKB)2550000000707683 035 $a(OCoLC)822017934 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10642192 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000726889 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11377998 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000726889 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10685453 035 $a(PQKB)11469541 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse19116 035 $a(DE-B1597)449606 035 $a(OCoLC)979754233 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812207057 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441857 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10642192 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL421117 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441857 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000707683 100 $a20120210d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDeath by effigy$b[electronic resource] $ea case from the Mexican Inquisition /$fLuis R. Corteguera 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (241 p.) 225 1 $aThe early modern Americas 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8122-2316-0 311 $a0-8122-4439-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [179]-203) and index. 327 $apt. I. 1578 -- pt. II. 1581 -- pt. III. 1582. 330 $aOn July 21, 1578, the Mexican town of Tecamachalco awoke to news of a scandal. A doll-like effigy hung from the door of the town's church. Its two-faced head had black chicken feathers instead of hair. Each mouth had a tongue sewn onto it, one with a forked end, the other with a gag tied around it. Signs and symbols adorned the effigy, including a sambenito, the garment that the Inquisition imposed on heretics. Below the effigy lay a pile of firewood. Taken together, the effigy, signs, and symbols conveyed a deadly message: the victim of the scandal was a Jew who should burn at the stake. Over the course of four years, inquisitors conducted nine trials and interrogated dozens of witnesses, whose testimonials revealed a vivid portrait of friendship, love, hatred, and the power of rumor in a Mexican colonial town.A story of dishonor and revenge, Death by Effigy also reveals the power of the Inquisition's symbols, their susceptibility to theft and misuse, and the terrible consequences of doing so in the New World. Recently established and anxious to assert its authority, the Mexican Inquisition relentlessly pursued the perpetrators. Lying, forgery, defamation, rape, theft, and physical aggression did not concern the Inquisition as much as the misuse of the Holy Office's name, whose political mission required defending its symbols. Drawing on inquisitorial papers from the Mexican Inquisition's archive, Luis R. Corteguera weaves a rich narrative that leads readers into a world vastly different from our own, one in which symbols were as powerful as the sword. 410 0$aEarly modern Americas. 606 $aInquisition$zMexico$zTecamachalco (Puebla)$xHistory$y16th century 606 $aExecutions in effigy$zMexico$zTecamachalco (Puebla)$xHistory$y16th century 606 $aTrials (Libel)$zMexico$zTecamachalco (Puebla)$xHistory$y16th century 610 $aAmerican History. 610 $aAmerican Studies. 610 $aCaribbean Studies. 610 $aEuropean History. 610 $aLatin American Studies. 610 $aMedieval and Renaissance Studies. 610 $aReligious Studies. 610 $aWorld History. 615 0$aInquisition$xHistory 615 0$aExecutions in effigy$xHistory 615 0$aTrials (Libel)$xHistory 676 $a272/.2097248 700 $aCorteguera$b Luis R$01490635 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779476403321 996 $aDeath by effigy$93712109 997 $aUNINA