Conflict and Conversion in Sixteenth Century Central Mexico - Couverture rigide

Jackson, Robert H.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9004232451 ISBN 13 : 9789004232457

Editeur : Brill, 2013

Synopsis

In the sixteenth century Franciscan, Dominican, and Augustinian missionaries attempted to convert the native populations of central Mexico. The native peoples generally viewed the new religion in terms very different from that of the missionaries. As conflict broke out after 1550 as Spaniards invaded the Chichimeca frontier (the frontier between sedentary and nomadic natives), the missionaries faced new challenges on both sides of the frontier. Some sedentary natives resisted evangelization, and the missionaries saw themselves in a war against Satan and his minions. The Augustinians assumed a pivotal role in the evangelization campaign on both sides of the Chichimeca frontier, and employed different methods in the effort to convince the natives to embrace the new faith and to defeat Satan's designs. They used graphic visual aids and the threat of an eternity of suffering in hell to bring recalcitrant natives, such as the Otomi of the Mezquital Valley, into the fold.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Robert H. Jackson, Ph.D. (1988) University of California, Berkeley, is Professor of International Relations and Latin American Studies at Alliant International University, Mexico City, and Program Director of the Alliant School of Management. He has authored, co-authored, edited, and co-edited 11 books and more than 60 journal articles.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brill
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9004232451
• ISBN 13: 9789004232457
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 284
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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