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The Kongolese Saint Anthony [electronic resource] : Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita and the Antonian movement, 1684-1706 / John K. Thornton.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 228 p.) : ill., mapsISBN:
  • 9781139939294
  • 1139939297
  • 9780511572791
  • 0511572794
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Kongolese Saint Anthony.DDC classification:
  • 967.51/01/092 22
LOC classification:
  • DT654.2.V58 T48 1998eb
Other classification:
  • 11.54
Online resources: Summary: Publisher description: This book tells the story of the Christian religious movement led by Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita in the Kingdom of Kongo from 1704 until her death, by burning at the stake, in 1706. Beatriz, a young woman, claimed to be possessed by St Anthony, argued that Jesus was a Kongolese, and criticized Italian Capuchin missionaries in her country for not supporting black saints. The movement was largely a peace movement, with a following among the common people, attempting to stop the devastating cycle of civil wars between contenders for the Kongolese throne. Thornton supplies background information on the Kingdom, the development of Catholicism in Kongo since 1491, the nature and role of local warfare in the Atlantic slave trade, and contemporary everyday life, as well as sketching the lives of some local personalities.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Publisher description: This book tells the story of the Christian religious movement led by Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita in the Kingdom of Kongo from 1704 until her death, by burning at the stake, in 1706. Beatriz, a young woman, claimed to be possessed by St Anthony, argued that Jesus was a Kongolese, and criticized Italian Capuchin missionaries in her country for not supporting black saints. The movement was largely a peace movement, with a following among the common people, attempting to stop the devastating cycle of civil wars between contenders for the Kongolese throne. Thornton supplies background information on the Kingdom, the development of Catholicism in Kongo since 1491, the nature and role of local warfare in the Atlantic slave trade, and contemporary everyday life, as well as sketching the lives of some local personalities.

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