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The Kongolese Saint Anthony - Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita and the Antonian Movement, 1684-1706 (Hardcover, New)
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The Kongolese Saint Anthony - Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita and the Antonian Movement, 1684-1706 (Hardcover, New)
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This book tells the story of the Christian religious movement led
by Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita in the Kingdom of Kongo from 1704 until
her death, by burning at the stake, in 1706. Beatriz, a young
woman, claimed to be possessed by St Anthony, argued that Jesus was
a Kongolese, and criticized Italian Capuchin missionaries in her
country for not supporting black saints. The movement was largely a
peace movement, with a following among the common people,
attempting to stop the devastating cycle of civil wars between
contenders for the Kongolese throne. Thornton supplies background
information on the Kingdom, the development of Catholicism in Kongo
since 1491, the nature and role of local warfare in the Atlantic
slave trade, and contemporary everyday life, as well as sketching
the lives of some local personalities.
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