The Kongolese Saint Anthony
John (Millersville University, Pennsylvania) Thornton
Cambridge University Press, 1998
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The story of Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita, a young Kongolese woman who claimed to be possessed by St Anthony and attempted to stop the devastating cycle of civil wars between contenders for the Kongolese throne. She was burned at the stake in 1706, only two years after her movement started.
- ISBN-13
- 9780521596497
- ISBN-10
- 0521596491
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 1998
- Publication date
- 1998-05-13
- Pages
- 238
- Dimensions
- 226x153x15
- Weight
- 342