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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464402603321

Titolo

Evangelization and cultural conflict in colonial Mexico / / edited by Robert H. Jackson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4438-5999-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 p.)

Disciplina

282.72

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Mexico Church history

Mexico Religion

Mexico History To 1810

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF MAPS AND FIGURES; MAPS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

In a study published in the mid-twentieth century, French historian Robert Ricard postulated that the evangelization and conversion of the native populations of Mexico had been rapid and relatively easy. However, different forms of evidence show that the so-called ""spiritual conquest"" was anything but easy or rapid, and, in fact, natives continued to practice their traditional beliefs alongside Catholicism. Within several decades of initiating the so-called ""spiritual conquest,"" the campaign ...