Article ID: CBB000932952

O universo mágico das curas: o papel das práticas mágicas e feitiçarias no universo do Mato Grosso setecentista (2009)

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Sá, Mario (Author)


História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Volume: 16
Pages: 325--344


Publication Date: 2009
Edition Details: English title: [The Magic Universe of Cures: The Role of Magic Practices and Witchcraft in the Universe of 17th Century Mato Grosso]
Language: Portuguese

The article analyzes the role of healing agents played by practitioners of magic and witchcraft in Mato Grosso society during the 17th century. It observes that magic and witchcraft were developed as competitors, alternatives or associated with other forms of healing (official and lay). It points out how such roles contributed to the process of subjugating its practitioners, especially Africans, Indians and their descendents, and were appropriated as an opportunity for survival in the colonial slave society. The pastoral visit made by Bruno Pinna in 1785 to Cuiabá and nearby areas served as the principal source of knowledge regarding the practices and practitioners of magic and witchcraft.

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Authors & Contributors
Wilby, Emma
Walker, Timothy Dale
Valletta, Frederick
Silver, Victoria
Seitz, Jonathan
Schulte, Rolf
Concepts
Occult sciences
Witchcraft; demonology
Magic
Medicine
Science and gender
Trials (law)
Time Periods
17th century
16th century
Early modern
Renaissance
18th century
Modern
Places
England
United States
Brazil
Atlantic world
Europe
Cameroon (Country)
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