Agents of Orthodoxy : Honor, Status, and the Inquisition in Colonial Pernambuco, Brazil
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0742554465
ISBN-13
9780742554467
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint
Rowman & Littlefield
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 15th, 2016
Print length
288 Pages
Weight
436 grams
Dimensions
23.20 x 15.20 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
History of the AmericasHistory of religionHistory of the AmericasHistory of religion
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The Portuguese Inquisition is often portrayed as a tyrannical institution that imposed itself on an impotent society. Drawing on extensive archival research, the book challenges this myth by arguing that the Inquisition was integral to colonial society, reinforcing European social and religious values that were recreated in colonial Brazil.
The Portuguese Inquisition is often portrayed as a tyrannical institution that imposed itself on an impotent society. Drawing on extensive archival research, the book challenges this myth by arguing that the Inquisition was integral to colonial society, reinforcing European social and religious values that were recreated in colonial Brazil.
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