This translation was made possible in part by a subsidy from the Vitae Foundation, São Paulo, Brazil.

Originally published in 1986 as O diabo e a terra de Santa Cruz: Feitiçaria e religiosidade popular no Brasil colonial. São Paulo: Companhia Das Letras / Editora Schwarcz Ltda. Copyright © 1986, Laura de Mello e Souza.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Souza, Laura de Mello e.
     [Diabo e a Terra de Santa Cruz. English]
     The Devil and the land of the holy cross : witchcraft, slavery, and popular religion in colonial Brazil / Laura de Mello e Souza ; translated from the Portuguese by Diane Grosklaus Whitty.-- 1st University of Texas Press ed.
          p. cm. — (LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series)
     Includes bibliographical references and index.
     ISBN 0-292-70228-0 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-292-70236-1 (pbk. : alk. paper)
          1. Witchcraft—Brazil—History—16th century. 2. Witchcraft—Brazil—History—17th century. 3. Witchcraft—Brazil—History—18th century. 4. Brazil—Religious life and customs. I. Title. II. Series.

BF1584.B7S6813 2003
133.4’0981—dc22

2003059904

ISBN 978-0-292-74947-4 (e-book)
ISBN 978-0-292-78751-3 (individual e-book)