Amazons, Wives, Nuns, and Witches Women and the Catholic Church in Colonial Brazil, 1500-1822 |
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| Author:
| Myscofski, Carole A. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4773-0219-4 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2013 |
| Publisher: | University of Texas Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $30.00 |
Book Description:
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Writing Brazilian women back into history, this book presents the first comprehensive study in English of how women experienced and understood their lives within the society created by the Portuguese imperial government and the colonial era Roman Catholic
Writing Brazilian women back into history, this book presents the first comprehensive study in English of how women experienced and understood their lives within the society created by the Portuguese imperial government and the colonial era Roman Catholic