Visions, Prophecies and Divinations: Early Modern Messianism and Millenarianism in Iberian America, Spain and Portugal Contributor(s): Torres, Ana Paula (Editor), Lima, Luís Filipe Silvério (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004310770 ISBN-13: 9789004310773 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $147.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2016 |
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BISAC Categories: - Religion | History |
Series: Iberian Religious World |
Physical Information: 268 pages |
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Publisher Description: Visions, Prophecies and Divinations is an introduction to the vast and complex phenomena of prophecy and vision in the Spanish and Portuguese Empires. This book is dedicated to the study of the millenarian and messianic movements in the early modern Iberian world, and it is one of the first collections of essays on the subject to be published in English. The ten chapters range from the analysis of Mesoamerican and South American indigenous prophetical beliefs to the intellectual history of the Luso-Brazilian Jesuit Ant nio Vieira and his project of a Fifth Empire, passing through new approaches to the long-lasting Sebastianist belief and its political implications. |