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The Chankas and the Priest

Name: The Chankas and the Priest
Brand: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
SKU: 9780271071220
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PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESSISBN: 9780271071220

A Tale of Murder and Exile in Highland Peru

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By Sabine Hyland
Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Format: HARDBACK
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Pages: 224

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Presents the story of the Chanka people of Peru, from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries, told through a narrative of the crimes committed by a priest, Juan Bautista de Albadán, in the early 1600s.

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

1 Setting Out

Part I

2 The Crimes

3 The Priest

4 The Library

5 The Dinner Party

6 The Funeral

Part II

7 The Kuraka

8 The Rivalry

Conclusion: The Aftermath

Appendix: The Chankas Prior to the Spanish Invasion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

“By exploring and analyzing the role of cruelty of Albadán in the context of the Chanka social structure, Hyland offers a detailed history of a singular moment in the history of European colonization in Latin America.”

—Celso Luiz Terzetti Filho, International Journal of Latin American Religions

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