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Los Demonios Del Historiador: La Quintrala Y La Guerra A Muerte En La Imaginacion Politica De Benjamín Vacuña, Chile, Siglo Xix, Maria Marsilli Jul 2013

Los Demonios Del Historiador: La Quintrala Y La Guerra A Muerte En La Imaginacion Politica De Benjamín Vacuña, Chile, Siglo Xix, Maria Marsilli

María Marsilli

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The Role Of Mestizaje In Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna's Narrative In Nineteenth-Century Chile, Maria Marsilli Mar 2013

The Role Of Mestizaje In Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna's Narrative In Nineteenth-Century Chile, Maria Marsilli

María Marsilli

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Culto A Los Ancestros, Hechiceros Y Resistencia Colonial: El Caso Di Gregorio Taco, Arequipa, 1750 / Luis A. Galdames R. & María Marsilli, Editores.., Maria Marsilli Dec 2012

Culto A Los Ancestros, Hechiceros Y Resistencia Colonial: El Caso Di Gregorio Taco, Arequipa, 1750 / Luis A. Galdames R. & María Marsilli, Editores.., Maria Marsilli

María Marsilli

This book includes a full-length transcription of a 1751-1754 civil and ecclesiastical investigation against kuraca (native chief) Gregorio Taco, prominent community leader of Andagua, in the province of Arequipa, Peru. The original document can be found at the Archivo Arzobispal de Arequipa (AAA). Taco, a wealthy Indian merchant, was found guilty of practicing ancient Andean rituals, banned as demonic by the colonial church, that included healing, divination, ancestral mummies worshiping, and cult of mountain spirits (wamani). The investigation also revealed that Taco, thanks to these clandestine practices, had created a network of accomplices he used to enhance his social and …


History, Colonial Chile And New Granada, Maria Marsilli Dec 2012

History, Colonial Chile And New Granada, Maria Marsilli

María Marsilli

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