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The Chankas and the Priest - A Tale of Murder and Exile in Highland Peru (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,536
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The Chankas and the Priest - A Tale of Murder and Exile in Highland Peru (Hardcover): Sabine Hyland

The Chankas and the Priest - A Tale of Murder and Exile in Highland Peru (Hardcover)

Sabine Hyland

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How does society deal with a serial killer in its midst? What if the murderer is a Catholic priest living among native villagers in colonial Peru? In The Chankas and the Priest, Sabine Hyland chronicles the horrifying story of Father Juan Bautista de Albadan, a Spanish priest to the Chanka people of Pampachiri in Peru from 1601 to 1611. During his reign of terror over his Andean parish, Albadan was guilty of murder, sexual abuse, sadistic torture, and theft from his parishioners, amassing a personal fortune at their expense. For ten years, he escaped punishment for these crimes by deceiving and outwitting his superiors in the colonial government and church administration. Drawing on a remarkable collection of documents found in archives in the Americas and Europe, including a rare cache of Albadan's candid family letters, Hyland reveals what life was like for the Chankas under this corrupt and brutal priest, and how his actions sparked the instability that would characterize Chanka political and social history for the next 123 years. Through this tale, she vividly portrays the colonial church and state of Peru as well as the history of Chanka ethnicity, the nature of Spanish colonialism, and the changing nature of Chanka politics and kinship from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century.

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Imprint: Pennsylvania State University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: April 2016
Authors: Sabine Hyland (Reader in Social Anthropology)
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Sewn
Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 978-0-271-07122-0
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General
Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > History of religion
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Civil war
Books > Humanities > History > European history > From 1900 > General
Books > History > American history > General
Books > History > European history > From 1900 > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > History of religion
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LSN: 0-271-07122-2
Barcode: 9780271071220

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