The Devil And The Land Of The Holy Cross

Author : Laura de Mello e Souza
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2010-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780292787513

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The Devil and the Land of the Holy Cross by Laura de Mello e Souza Pdf

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 : Carole A. Myscofski
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780292748538

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Amazons, Wives, Nuns, and Witches by Carole A. Myscofski Pdf

The Roman Catholic church played a dominant role in colonial Brazil, so that women’s lives in the colony were shaped and constrained by the Church’s ideals for pure women, as well as by parallel concepts in the Iberian honor code for women. Records left by Jesuit missionaries, Roman Catholic church officials, and Portuguese Inquisitors make clear that women’s daily lives and their opportunities for marriage, education, and religious practice were sharply circumscribed throughout the colonial period. Yet these same documents also provide evocative glimpses of the religious beliefs and practices that were especially cherished or independently developed by women for their own use, constituting a separate world for wives, mothers, concubines, nuns, and witches. Drawing on extensive original research in primary manuscript and printed sources from Brazilian libraries and archives, as well as secondary Brazilian historical works, Carole Myscofski proposes to write Brazilian women back into history, to understand how they lived their lives within the society created by the Portuguese imperial government and Luso-Catholic ecclesiastical institutions. Myscofski offers detailed explorations of the Catholic colonial views of the ideal woman, the patterns in women’s education, the religious views on marriage and sexuality, the history of women’s convents and retreat houses, and the development of magical practices among women in that era. One of the few wide-ranging histories of women in colonial Latin America, this book makes a crucial contribution to our knowledge of the early modern Atlantic World.

Author : Eugene Field
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Manners and customs
ISBN : MINN:319510019982799

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The Holy Cross by Eugene Field Pdf

Author : Eugene Field
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Manners and customs
ISBN : HARVARD:HWJTEH

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The Holy Cross, and Other Tales by Eugene Field Pdf

Author : Les Harding
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2005-12-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476608389

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Holy Bingo, the Lingo of Eden, JumpinÕ Jehosophat and the Land of Nod by Les Harding Pdf

Christianity abounds with fascinating, little-known trivia. Gas station attendants, for example, enjoy their own patron saint. So do stamp collectors, truss makers and sailors in the Bolivian navy. Jesus and Judas were common names in the biblical period, and Jesus of Nazareth had a brother named Judas. The forbidden fruit was more likely an apricot than an apple, and Delilah hired a barber to cut Sampson’s hair. This dictionary of miscellany combs the annals of Christian esoterica, offering the most intriguing facts that are often forgotten, overlooked or ignored. Departing from the standard subject matter, this work serves as an unruly companion to the typical Bible dictionary. Nearly 1500 entries range from Aaron’s beard (a popular name for Saint John’s wort) to zounds (an antiquated Christian swear word). Information is cross-referenced and includes numerous quotations.

Author : Mark Mazower
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015077686478

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Networks of Power in Modern Greece by Mark Mazower Pdf

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.

Author : M. Cecilia Gaposchkin
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501707971

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Invisible Weapons by M. Cecilia Gaposchkin Pdf

Throughout the history of the Crusades, liturgical prayer, masses, and alms were all marshaled in the fight against Muslim armies. In Invisible Weapons, M. Cecilia Gaposchkin focuses on the ways in which Latin Christians communicated their ideas and aspirations for crusade to God through liturgy, how public worship was deployed, and how prayers and masses absorbed the ideals and priorities of crusading. Placing religious texts and practices within the larger narrative of crusading, Gaposchkin offers a new understanding of a crucial facet in the culture of holy war.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 986 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Books and reading
ISBN : WISC:89076226539

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The Brazilian Book Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : James Socias,Midwest Theological Forum
Publisher : Midwest Theological Forum
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781948139595

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The Holy Land Pilgrim Handbook by James Socias,Midwest Theological Forum Pdf

A pilgrimage to the Holy Land is an opportunity to encounter Jesus Christ, to walk in His footsteps, to put into practice his invitation to "Come and follow me." With our pilgrim handbook, video series, and missalette, you will be equipped to experience and appreciate more profoundly the holy sites and places to be visited on a typical itinerary in the footsteps of Jesus Christ through Israel and Palestine. You will also be guided on how to make time for prayer, spiritual reading, and silent reflection, which are so important and necessary on this spiritual pilgrimage. The Holy Land: An Encounter with Jesus Christ Pilgrim Handbook is an essential guide for making a pilgrimage and praying at the holy sites. The handbook features historical information, Gospel readings, spiritual meditations, reflection questions, prayers, and photographs for the main holy sites to help you have a profound encounter with Christ before, during, and after the pilgrimage. The Holy Land: An Encounter with Jesus Christ includes the following: • Pilgrim Handbook • Missalette • Video Series To learn more, visit www.holy-land.org

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Amazon River Region
ISBN : STANFORD:36105213160257

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Tipiti by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 770 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : African American arts
ISBN : UOM:49015003080190

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African American Review by Anonim Pdf

As the official publication of the Division on Black American Literature and Culture of the Modern Language Association of America, African American review promotes an exchange among writers and scholars in the arts, humanities, and social sciences who hold diverse perspectives of African American literature and culture.

Author : P. G. Maxwell-Stuart
Publisher : Amberley Publishing
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : PSU:000067836390

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Satan by P. G. Maxwell-Stuart Pdf

The Devil, like the poor, is always with us. Evil has been personified in every religion and culture, and Christianity in particular developed a highly graphic view of him from its earliest period. Sometimes grotesque, sometimes beautiful, sometimes threatening, sometimes seductively helpful, sometimes comical, Satan has played a variety of roles in human existence. Feared and frightening adversary of humankind during the Middle Ages, supposed master and friend of witches during the sixteenth century, and seducer of the devout during the seventeenth, he was gradually explained away as the nineteenth century started to lose its faith at home and export him in all his traditional aspects to the Empire. He made a startling and vicious come-back during the twentieth century as a focus of renewed admiration and even worship. This book follows the Devil through his various, sometimes surprising incarnations from the ancient world to the present, and shows that his reign is by no means over, even in the West.

Author : Wilhelm Scherer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : German literature
ISBN : HARVARD:HW327N

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A History of German Literature by Wilhelm Scherer Pdf

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Author : Leonard Goffiné
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1016 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Bible
ISBN : PSU:000057671512

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Explanation of the Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays, Holydays and Festivals Throughout the Ecclesiastical Year, to which are Added the Lives of Many Saints by Leonard Goffiné Pdf

Author : Leonard Goffiné
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 844 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Church calendar
ISBN : UCAL:B2808703

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Explanation of the Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays, Holidays and Festivals Throughout the Ecclesiastical Year by Leonard Goffiné Pdf