Agents of Orthodoxy: Honor, Status, and the Inquisition in Colonial Pernambuco, Brazil

James E. Wadsworth

ISBN 10: 0742554465 / ISBN 13: 9780742554467

Edité par Rowman & Littlefield, 2017

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. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; 1KLS; HBJK; HRAX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428. . 2016. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. N° de réf. du vendeur V9780742554467

Synopsis :

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.

À propos de l'auteur: James E. Wadsworth is professor of history at Stonehill College. He is theauthor of In Defence of the Faith: Joaquim Marques de Araújo, a Comissário in the Age of Inquisitional Decline, Columbus's First Voyage: A History in Documents, and The World of Credit in Colonial Massachusetts: James Richards and His Day Book, 1692-1711.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Agents of Orthodoxy: Honor, Status, and the ...
Éditeur : Rowman & Littlefield
Date d'édition : 2017
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : New