African voices from the inquisition, Vol. 1, the trial of Crispina Peres of Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau (1646-1668)

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The work African voices from the inquisition, Vol. 1, the trial of Crispina Peres of Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau (1646-1668) represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in European University Institute Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

African voices from the inquisition, Vol. 1, the trial of Crispina Peres of Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau (1646-1668)

Title number

Vol. 1

Title part

the trial of Crispina Peres of Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau (1646-1668)

Statement of responsibility

edited and translated by Toby Green, Philip Havik and F. Ribeiro da Silva

Contributor

• Green, Toby, 1974-
• Silva, Filipa Ribeiro da, 1974-
• Havik, Philip J.

Editor

• Green, Toby, 1974-
• Silva, Filipa Ribeiro da, 1974-
• Havik, Philip J.

Translator

• Green, Toby, 1974-
• Havik, Philip J.
• Silva, Filipa Ribeiro da, 1974-

Subject

• Peres, Crispina -- Trials, litigation, etc
• Guinea-Bissau -- Social conditions -- Sources
• Inquisition -- Portugal -- Colonies | History -- Sources
• Guinea-Bissau -- History -- Sources

Genre

• Sources

Language

eng

Summary

"This book contains some of the richest written material in existence for precolonial West Africa with unique insights into daily life in an Afro-Atlantic coastal trade settlement. Presenting the complete translated and annotated text of the Inquisition trial of Crispina Peres, an African woman born in the Guinea-Bissau region, of a Portuguese father and an African mother, it documents the Portuguese Inquisition's religious persecution of Africans on African soil. Set in a slave port in 17th century West Africa, the trial focuses on the worldview of an African woman accused of engaging in African rites and witchcraft, who is imprisoned and brought before Inquisitioners in Lisbon. It highlights her resourcefulness, resilience and spirited defence of her innocence, providing precious details on her life, household, work, health and social and commercial networks in this understudied African region." --

Member of

• Fontes historiae Africanae, 18

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Fontes historiae Africanae = Sources of African history

Series volume

18