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Cultural Encounters
More than just an expression of religious authority or an instrument of social control, the Inquisition was an arena where cultures met and clashed on both shores of the Atlantic. This pioneering volume examines how cultural identities were maintained despite oppression. Persecuted groups were able to survive the Inquisition by means of diverse strategies—whether Christianized Jews in Spain preserving their experiences in literature, or native American folk healers practicing medical care. These investigations of social resistance and cultural persistence will reinforce the cultural significance of the Inquisition. Contributors: Jaime Contreras, Anne J. Cruz, Jesús M. De Bujanda, Richard ...
Promiscuous Power
Honorable Mention, Bandelier/Lavrin Book Award in Colonial Latin America, Rocky Mountain Council on Latin American Studies (RMCLAS), 2019 Honorable Mention, The Alfred B. Thomas Book Award, Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies (SECOLAS), 2019 Scholars have written reams on the conquest of Mexico, from the grand designs of kings, viceroys, conquistadors, and inquisitors to the myriad ways that indigenous peoples contested imperial authority. But the actual work of establishing the Spanish empire in Mexico fell to a host of local agents—magistrates, bureaucrats, parish priests, ranchers, miners, sugar producers, and many others—who knew little and cared less about the goals of th...
Lives of the Bigamists
Boyer lets these Mexican people speak for themselves about how they got into trouble with the Inquisition.
Ars Novae Hispaniae
Two volume paleographic transcription of documents in the General Archive in Seville. The documents from the 16th century to the 19th century are relative to architecture in New Spain. The compilation includes documents that describe the process and problems of the construction of civil and religious architecture; information about some of the key figures in architecture, such as: Claudio de Arciniega, Bartolom de Luqe, los hermanos Talaya, CristÑbal de Medina Vargas and Francisco de Guerrero y Torres. They are taken from the sections entitled æPatronatoœ, æJusticiaœ, æEscribanía de Cámaraœ, æContratación e Indiferenteœ and those pertaining to the audiencias of México, Guadalajara and Guatemala.
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