The frontier mission and social transformation in western Honduras
Subtitle: the Order of Our Lady of Mercy, 1525-1773
By: by Nancy Johnson Black.
Series: Studies in Christian mission,; v. 14
Publisher: E.J. Brill
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Leiden; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
Subjects: Mercedarians -- Missions -- Honduras.; Lenca Indians -- Missions.; Missions -- Honduras -- History.
Description: "Significant contribution to Central American ecclesiastical history and ethnohistory. Heart of study focuses on missionary interaction with Lenca people of Tencoa district. Fills important gap in literature for the Lenca, colonial Honduras, and the Mercedarian order"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [168]-189) and index.