Death By Effigy - A Case From the Mexican Inquisition

Luis R. Corteguera is Professor of History at the University of Kansas.

List of contents

List of Abbreviations

Preface

Prologue: The Crime of Tecamachalco

PART I. 1578

Chapter 1. False Start

Chapter 2. Trial and Failure

PART II. 1581

Chapter 3. Surprise Witness

Chapter 4. The Mother, the Son, and the Stepson

Chapter 5. Mistrial

PART III. 1582

Chapter 6. New and Old Leads

Chapter 7. The Scribe

Chapter 8. The Interpreter

Chapter 9. The Farmer

Chapter 10. Under Torment

Chapter 11. Conspiracy

Chapter 12. More Torment

Chapter 13. The Wife

Chapter 14. Reconciliation

Epilogue

Notes

List of Key Names

Glossary

Index

Acknowledgments

About the author

Luis R. Corteguera is Professor of History at the University of Kansas.

Summary

On July 21, 1578, a small Mexican town awoke to the news of a scandal. Nailed to the door of its church was a double-faced effigy denouncing a neighbor as a Jew who should burn at the stake. Nine trials over the course of four years revealed a story of dishonor, revenge, and the Inquisition's relentless determination to defend its symbols.

Product details

• Authors: Luis R Corteguera, Luis R. Corteguera
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.10.2014
• EAN: 9780812223163
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-2316-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: The Early Modern Americas; The Early Modern Americas
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous