Building colonial cities of God
Subtitle: mendicant orders and urban culture in New Spain
By: Karen Melvin
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Stanford, California
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780804774864
Subjects: Religious life and customs; Friars; Church history; Colonies; Catholic Church; Colonial cities; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ordering cities : urban convents and friars, 1570-1810; title: Distinguishing habits : corporate and collective mendicant identities; title: Serving cities : orders and their urban ministries; title: Defining religions : mendicant connections and disconnections in urban society; title: Loving complaints : orders and the formation of local religious culture.