Idolatry and Its Enemies: Colonial Andean Religion and Extirpation, 1640-1750

by Kenneth Mills

Book Overview

The ecclesiastical investigations into Indian religious error--the Extirpation of idolatry--that occurred in the seventeenth-and eighteenth-century Archdiocese of Lima come to life here as the most revealing sources on colonial Andean religion and culture. Focusing on a largely neglected period, 1640 to 1750, and moving beyond portrayals that often view the relationships between indigenous peoples and Europeans solely in terms of repression, opposition,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691155488
• ISBN13: 9780691155487
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"