The Lima Inquisition : the plight of crypto-Jews in seventeenth-century Peru /

Established in Peru in 1570, the Holy Office of the Inquisition operated there until 1820, prosecuting, torturing, and sentencing alleged heretics. Ana Schaposchnik offers a deeply researched history of the Inquisition's tribunal in the capital city of Lima, with a focus on cases of crypto-Juda...

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Main Author: Schaposchnik, Ana E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, 2015
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central