LEADER 03841nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910457381603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8047-8325-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9780804783255 035 $a(CKB)2550000000071056 035 $a(EBL)815776 035 $a(OCoLC)767502827 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000632931 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12206414 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000632931 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10616012 035 $a(PQKB)10773577 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000127780 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC815776 035 $a(DE-B1597)564911 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780804783255 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL815776 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10518326 035 $a(OCoLC)1178768948 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000071056 100 $a20110204d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBuilding colonial cities of God$b[electronic resource] $emendicant orders and urban culture in New Spain, 1570-1800 /$fKaren Melvin 210 $aStanford, Calif. $cStanford University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (385 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8047-7486-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aOrdering cities : urban convents and friars, 1570-1810 -- Distinguishing habits : corporate and collective mendicant identities -- Serving cities : orders and their urban ministries -- Defining religions : mendicant connections and disconnections in urban society -- Loving complaints : orders and the formation of local religious culture. 330 $aThis 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 became home to the majority of friars and to the orders' wealthiest houses, and mendicants became deeply embedded in urban social and cultural life. Friars ministered to urban residents of all races and social standings and engaged in traditional mendicant activities, serving as preachers, confessors, spiritual directors, alms collectors, educators, scholars, and sponsors of charitable works. Each order brought to this work a distinct identity that informed people's beliefs and shaped variations in the practice of Catholicism. Contrary to prevailing views, mendicant orders flourished during the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, and even the eighteenth-century reforms that ended this era were not as devastating as has been assumed.Even in the face of new institutional challenges, the demand for their services continued through the end of the colonial period, demonstrating the continued vitality of baroque piety. 606 $aFriars$zMexico$xHistory$y16th century 606 $aFriars$zMexico$xHistory$y17th century 606 $aColonial cities$zMexico$xHistory$y16th century 606 $aColonial cities$zMexico$xHistory$y17th century 607 $aMexico$xChurch history$y16th century 607 $aMexico$xChurch history$y17th century 607 $aMexico$xHistory$ySpanish colony, 1540-1810 607 $aSpain$xColonies$zAmerica$xReligious life and customs 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFriars$xHistory 615 0$aFriars$xHistory 615 0$aColonial cities$xHistory 615 0$aColonial cities$xHistory 676 $a271/.06072 700 $aMelvin$b Karen$cAssociate Professor.$01038185 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457381603321 996 $aBuilding colonial cities of God$92459613 997 $aUNINA