Building colonial cities of God : mendicant orders and urban culture in New Spain

Building colonial cities of God : mendicant orders and urban culture in New Spain /

This book tracks New Spain's mendicant orders past their so-called golden age of missions into the ensuing centuries and demonstrates that they had equally crucial roles in what Melvin terms the "spiritual consolidation" of cities. Beginning in the late sixteenth century, cities becam...

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Main Author: Melvin, Karen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, 2012
Subjects:
Catholic Church > Mexico > History > 16th century.
Catholic Church > Mexico > History > 17th century.
Catholic Church > Mexico > History > 18th century.
Catholic Church > History > 16th century.
Catholic Church > History > 17th century.
Catholic Church > History > 18th century.
Colonial cities > Mexico > History > 16th century.
Colonial cities > Mexico > History > 17th century.
Colonial cities > Mexico > History > 18th century.
Friars > Mexico > History > 16th century.
Friars > Mexico > History > 17th century.
Friars > Mexico > History > 18th century.
Mexico > Church history > 16th century.
Mexico > Church history > 17th century.
Mexico > Church history > 18th century.
Mexico > History > Spanish colony, 1540-1810.
Spain > Colonies > America > Religious life and customs.
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