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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| 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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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- Preface
- Part I. 1578
- Prologue: The Crime of Tecamachalco
- Chapter 1. False Start
- Chapter 2. Trial and Failure
- Part II. 1581
- Chapter three. Surprise Witness
- Chapter four. The Mother, the Son, and the Stepson
- Chapter five. Mistrial
- Part III. 1582
- Chapter six. New and Old Leads
- Chapter seven. The Scribe
- Chapter eight. The Interpreter
- Chapter nine. The Farmer
- Chapter ten. Under Torment
- Chapter eleven. Conspiracy
- Chapter twelve. More Torment
- Chapter thirteen. The Wife
- Chapter fourteen. Reconciliation
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Key Names
- Glossary
- Index
- Acknowledgments