Death by Effigy : : A Case from the Mexican Inquisition / / Luis R. Corteguera.
On July 21, 1578, the Mexican town of Tecamachalco awoke to news of a scandal. A doll-like effigy hung from the door of the town's church. Its two-faced head had black chicken feathers instead of hair. Each mouth had a tongue sewn onto it, one with a forked end, the other with a gag tied around...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Package American History |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2012] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Early Modern Americas
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) :; 11 illus. |
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