Name: The Devil and the Land of the Holy Cross: Witchcraft, Slavery, and Popular Religion in Colonial Brazil (LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series)
Author: Laura de Mello e Souza
ISBN: 9780292702288

by Laura de Mello e Souza

The Devil and the Land of the Holy Cross: Witchcraft, Slavery, and Popular Religion in Colonial Brazil (LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series)

by Laura de Mello e Souza

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ISBN-13: 9780292702288
ISBN: 0292702280
Edition: 1st University of Texas Press Ed
Publication Date: 2004
Publisher: University of Texas Press

AUTHOR

Laura de Mello e Souza

SUMMARY

Focusing on sorcery, the author argues that European traditions of witchcraft combined with practices of Indians & African slaves to form a uniquely Brazilian set of beliefs that became central to the lives of the people of the colony.Laura de Mello e Souza is the author of 'The Devil and the Land of the Holy Cross: Witchcraft, Slavery, and Popular Religion in Colonial Brazil (LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series)', published 2004 under ISBN 9780292702288 and ISBN 0292702280.

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