| Description |
1 online resource (332 pages) |
| Contents |
Illustrations; Contributors; Introduction; Part I From the Old World to the New; 1 The devil in the Old World: anti-superstition literature, medical humanism and preternatural philosophy in early modern Spain; 2 Demonios within and without: Hieronymites and the devil in the early modern Hispanic world; Demons Within; Demons Without; 3 How to see angels: the legacy of early Mendicant spirituality; Part II Indigenous responses; 4 Satan is my nickname: demonic and angelic interventions in colonial Nahuatl theatre; Herald Angels; Isolated Demons; Guardians and Tempters |
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'Souls and Testamentary Executors''How a Grandfather Brought Up His Orphan Grandchild'; 'The Nobleman and His Barren Wife'; 'The Life of Don Sebastián'; 'The Merchant'; 'How to Live on Earth'; 'Don Rafael'; Fragmentary Morality Plays; 5 Where did all the angels go? An interpretation of the Nahua supernatural world; Looking for Angels; Finding Saints; 6 Vipers under the altar cloths: satanic and angelic forms in seventeenth-century New Granada; Part III The world of the Baroque; 7 Angels and demons in the conquest of Peru*; I. Cosmological and historical antecedents |
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II. Hapsburg Angelology and the IncasEpilogue: Bartolomé de las Casas and the foundations of an American demonology; 8 Winged and imagined Indians; Song and mechanical arts; The charm of childhood; Confessing visions; Bearer of portents; Marian Angelophanies; Towards Altars and Platforms; Intermingled dignities and identities; 9 'Psychomachia Indiana': angels, devils and holy images in New Spain; Works cited; Index |
| Summary |
Depicts the intricate cultural, religious and intellectual kaleidoscope of interactions between angels, demons and the heterogeneous populations of Spanish America |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-296) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Engel, ... gnd |
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Lateinamerika gnd |
| Subject |
Angels.
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Demonology.
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RELIGION -- History.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Angels & Spirit Guides.
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Angels
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Demonology
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Religion
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Dämon
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Volksglaube
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| SUBJECT |
Latin America -- Religion
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| Subject |
Latin America
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Redden, Andrew
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| LC no. |
2012016902 |
| ISBN |
9781139615310 |
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1139615319 |
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9781139611596 |
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1139611593 |
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9781139624619 |
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113962461X |
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9781139023870 |
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113902387X |
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9781283986618 |
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1283986612 |
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9781139620895 |
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1139620894 |
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