African Voices from the Inquisition, Vol. 1

The Trial of Crispina Peres of Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau (1646-1668)

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20006147
AutoresToby Green (0000-0001-6296-5834), P J Havik (0000-0002-6479-6672), F Ribeiro da Silva
Año2021
Páginas241
Fecha de publicación2021-07-01
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaAfrican Voices from the Inquisition, Vol. 1 (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialBritish Academy (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.5871/bacad/9780197266762.001.0001
OpenAlexW4206723089
Open LibraryOL34703192M
ISBN9780197266762
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2

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

Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Innocence · Persecution · Political science · Politics · Portuguese · Settlement (finance) · Sociology · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Gender Studies · History · Law · Africa · Colonies · Inquisition · Social conditions · Sources · Trials, litigation