Shamanism, Catholicism and Gender Relations in Colonial Philippines 1521-1685 (Women and Gender in the Early Modern World.)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: September 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780754634379
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; History of religion; Social history; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; Social conditions; Philippines; Social Science; Sociology; Feminism & Feminist Theory; General; Animism; Sex role; Women
First sentence: On the tenth day of August 1519, Portuguese seafarer Ferdinand Magellan left Seville, with a small armada of five vessels-the Victoria, on which Magellan himself sailed, the Trinidad, S. Anthonio, Conceptione and Sancto Jacobo (or Santiago or St. James) with the intention of circumnavigating the world.