UN ESTUDIO DE LA HECHICERÍA AMOROSA EN LA LIMA VIRREINAL/A STUDY OF LOVE AND WITCHCRAFT IN THE VICEROYALTY OF LIMA

ABSTRACT The interest in witchcraft trials during the Colonial period led us to develop a diligent research in the files of the Madrilenian Inquisition about these processes in the viceroyalty of Lima. In the development of our work, we have found a series of complex social, political and cultural r...

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Published in:Atenea (Concepción, Chile : 1972) Chile : 1972), 2014-01 (509), p.245
Main Authors: Rodríguez, José Manuel, Urra, Natalia, Insulza, María Fernanda
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Language:English
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Witchcraft
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Summary:ABSTRACT The interest in witchcraft trials during the Colonial period led us to develop a diligent research in the files of the Madrilenian Inquisition about these processes in the viceroyalty of Lima. In the development of our work, we have found a series of complex social, political and cultural relationships that are revealed by the witchcraft trials and thus, we decided to study these relationships. From the status reached by witches in the colonial society in Peru and the diversity of people who resorted to their help and magical practices, we can envision the construction of witchcraft as a resistance factor to the predominant order. Sin embargo, conseguirlo no era fácil, para ello lo más habitual era la utilización de cabellos, uñas o sangre menstrual de la propia solicitante, quien -por orden de la hechicera- los mezclaba con las comidas o bebidas del respectivo amante.
ISSN:0716-1840
0718-0462