Description: Further DetailsTitle: Inca Religion and CustomsCondition: NewISBN-10: 0292738617EAN: 9780292738614ISBN: 9780292738614Publisher: University of Texas PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 05/01/1990Description: Completed in 1653, Father Bernabe Cobo's Historia del Nuevo Mundo is an important source of information on pre-conquest and colonial Spanish America. Though parts of the work are now lost, the remaining sections which have been translated offer valuable insights into Inca culture and Peruvian history. Inca Religion and Customs is the second translation by Roland Hamilton from Cobo's massive work. Beginning where History of the Inca Empire left off, it provides a vast amount of data on the religion and lifeways of the Incas and their subject peoples. Despite his obvious Christian bias as a Jesuit priest, Cobo objectively and thoroughly describes many of the religious practices of the Incas. He catalogs their origin myths, beliefs about the afterlife, shrines and objects of worship, sacrifices, sins, festivals, and the roles of priests, sorcerers, and doctors. The section on Inca customs is equally inclusive. Cobo covers such topics as language, food and shelter, marriage and childrearing, agriculture, warfare, medicine, practical crafts, games, and burial rituals. Because the Incas apparently had no written language, such postconquest documents are an important source of information about Inca life and culture. Cobo's work, written by one who wanted to preserve something of the indigenous culture that his fellow Spaniards were fast destroying, is one of the most accurate and highly respected.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 20mmAuthor: Father Bernabe CoboTranslator: Roland HamiltonContributor: Roland Hamilton (Translated by)Genre: HistoryItem Weight: 426gTopic: Philosophy & SpiritualityRelease Year: 1990 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Inca Religion and Customs
Title: Inca Religion and Customs
ISBN-10: 0292738617
EAN: 9780292738614
ISBN: 9780292738614
Release Date: 05/01/1990
Release Year: 1990
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Translator: Roland Hamilton
Contributor: Roland Hamilton (Translated by)
Genre: History
Topic: Philosophy & Spirituality
Number of Pages: 279 Pages
Publication Name: Inca Religion and Customs
Language: English
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 1990
Subject: Latin America / Pre-Columbian Era, Ethnic & Tribal
Item Weight: 15 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 8.9 in
Subject Area: Religion, History
Author: Bernabe Cobo
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Mass Market
