Screen LibraryDeath by effigy : a case from the mexican inquisition /
On July 21, 1578, a small Mexican town awoke to the news of a scandal. Nailed to the door of its church was a double-faced effigy denouncing a neighbor as a Jew who should burn at the stake. Nine trials over the course of four years revealed a story of dishonor, revenge, and the Inquisition's r...
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2012] ©2012 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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The early modern americas
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| Summary: |
On July 21, 1578, a small Mexican town awoke to the news of a scandal. Nailed to the door of its church was a double-faced effigy denouncing a neighbor as a Jew who should burn at the stake. Nine trials over the course of four years revealed a story of dishonor, revenge, and the Inquisition's relentless determination to defend its symbols. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | 11 illus. |
| ISBN: | 9780812207057 |
| Index Number: | BX1740 |
| CLC: | K731.9 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- Prologue: The Crime of Tecamachalco -- Chapter 1. False Start -- Chapter 2. Trial and Failure -- Chapter three. Surprise Witness -- Chapter four. The Mother, the Son, and the Stepson -- Chapter five. Mistrial -- Chapter six. New and Old Leads -- Chapter seven. The Scribe -- Chapter eight. The Interpreter -- Chapter nine. The Farmer -- Chapter ten. Under Torment -- Chapter eleven. Conspiracy -- Chapter twelve. More Torment -- Chapter thirteen. The Wife -- Chapter fourteen. Reconciliation -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Key Names -- Glossary -- Index -- Acknowledgments. |