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

Published Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 365 pages) Contents List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note on Titles and Names; Introduction; Part One: Cities, Orders, Ministries; 1. Ordering Cities: Urban Convents and Friars, 1570-1808; 2. Distinguishing Habits: Mendicant Identities and Institutes; 3. Serving Cities: Orders and Their Urban Ministries; Part Two: Urban Catholicism; 4. Defining Religions: Mendicant Connections and Disconnections in Urban Society; 5. Loving Complaints: Orders and the Making of Urban Culture; Conclusion; List of Abbreviations; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index Summary 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 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 directo Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-355) and index Notes Print version record Subject 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. SUBJECT Catholic Church fast Subject 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 Colonial cities Friars Spanish colonies SUBJECT Mexico -- Church history -- 16th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084543 Mexico -- Church history -- 17th century Mexico -- Church history -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084544 Mexico -- History -- Spanish colony, 1540-1810. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084578 Spain -- Colonies -- America -- Religious life and customs Subject America Mexico Genre/Form Church history History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780804783255 080478325X

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