Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-203) and index.
Summary
Tells the story of the presentation of an effigy on a church door with a name attached to it. (This was interpreted by everyone in the community as an accusation of heresy against the person named.) The paraphernalia of the Mexican Inquisition was stolen to make the effigy, and the Mexican inquisition pursued the fabricators of the effigy for several years and nine distinct trials of slander.
Contents
List of Abbreviations (starting p. ix) -- Preface (starting p. xi) -- pt. I 1578 -- Prologue: The Crime of Tecamachalco (starting p. 3) -- ch. 1 False Start (starting p. 29) -- ch. 2 Trial and Failure (starting p. 32) -- pt. II 1581 -- ch. 3 Surprise Witness (starting p. 45) -- ch. 4 The Mother, the Son, and the Stepson (starting p. 49) -- ch. 5 Mistrial (starting p. 77) -- pt. III 1582 -- ch. 6 New and Old Leads (starting p. 93) -- ch. 7 The Scribe (starting p. 102) -- ch. 8 The Interpreter (starting p. 108) -- ch. 9 The Farmer (starting p. 114) -- ch. 10 Under Torment (starting p. 120) -- ch. 11 Conspiracy (starting p. 128) -- ch. 12 More Torment (starting p. 145) -- ch. 13 The Wife (starting p. 152) -- ch. 14 Reconciliation (starting p. 161) -- Epilogue (starting p. 163) -- Notes (starting p. 179) -- Key Names (starting p. 205) -- Glossary (starting p. 209) -- Index (starting p. 211) -- Acknowledgments (starting p. 221).
