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Historia Crítica
versión impresa ISSN 0121-1617
Resumen
PALACIOS ROA, Alfredo. Historical Background of the "Telluric Advocacy" Developed in Chile between the 16th and 19th Centuries. hist.crit. [online]. 2014, n.54, pp.171-193. ISSN 0121-1617.
The earthquakes that struck Chile between the 16th and 19th centuries - together with the lack of rational explanations of their causes - led the settlers of the Kingdom of Chile, as well as many inhabitants of the cities founded on the western margin of the Circumpacific Belt, to interpret them as punishments sent by God as a result of their worldly faults and sins. Consequently, some groups had to resort to the designated "celestial lawyers," specialists in telluric matters, to try to overcome the conjunctural situations generated by every earthquake.
Palabras clave : Chile; disasters; earthquakes; miracles; cult images; religious behavior.