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Author Wadsworth, James E., 1968-

Title In defence of the faith : Joaquim Marques de Araujo, a comissario in the age of Inquisitional decline / James E. Wadsworth
Published Montréal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource
Series McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion, 1181-7445
McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion.
Contents ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Figures and Tables""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""A Note on Portuguese Orthography, Currency, and the Inquisition""; ""Abbreviations""; ""1 Setting the Stage for an Experiential Microhistory""; ""2 In the Name of the Holy Office: Comissários in Pernambuco""; ""3 A Life and Career in Focus""; ""4 A Plague of Bigamy""; ""5 Of Libertines and Diabolical Doctrines""; ""6 Suspended in the Agony of Decay""; ""7 The Zeal of the Pharisee""; ""8 The End of an Era � The End of a Career""; ""Appendix: Comissários from the Bishopric of Pernambuco, 1692�1821""; ""Notes""
Works CitedIndex -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W
Summary Recounting an insider's perspective of the turbulent historical currents of late eighteenth-century Brazil
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Araújo, Joaquim Marques de, 1742-1820.
Catholic Church -- Clergy -- Biography.
Catholic Church -- Brazil -- History
Catholic Church -- History.
SUBJECT Catholic Church fast
Subject Inquisition -- Brazil -- History
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Religious.
RELIGION -- History.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
Clergy
Inquisition
SUBJECT Brazil -- Church history. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85016520
Subject Brazil
Genre/Form Electronic books
collective biographies.
Biographies
Church history
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780773588134
0773588132
1299394914
9781299394919
Other Titles In defense of the faith