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The Devil and the Land of the Holy Cross: Witchcraft, Slavery, and Popular Religion in Colonial Brazil (Llilas Translations from Latin America Series) by Diane Grosklaus Whitty (Translator), Laura De Souza Paperback, 374 Pages, Published 2004 ISBN-10: 0-292-70236-1 / 0292702361 ISBN-13: 978-0-292-70236-3 / 9780292702363 Originally published in Brazil as O Diabo e a Terra de Santa Cruz, this translation from the Portuguese analyzes the nature of popular religion and the ways it was transferred to the New World in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Using richly detailed transcripts from Inquisition trials, Mell |