Brides of Christ
Subtitle: conventual life in Colonial Mexico
By: Asunción Lavrin.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780804752831
Subjects: Monastic and religious life of women -- Mexico -- History; Mexico -- Church history
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Path to the convent; title: The novice becomes a nun; title: The spiritual meanings of religious life; title: Government, hierarchies and ceremonials; title: Daily life in the convent.; title: Body, soul and death; title: Sexuality : a challenge to chastity; title: Indian brides of Christ; title: The struggle over vida común; title: Writing in the cloisters.