Escogidas Plantas
Subtitle: Nuns and Beatas in Mexico City, 1531-1601 (Gutenberg-e)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: January 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 373
ISBN-13: 9780231122122
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; c 1500 to c 1600; History; History - General History; History: World; General; Journalism; Language Arts & Disciplines / Journalism; Latin America - Mexico; Convents; Mexico; Mexico City; Monasticism and religious orders for women; Women in Christianity
Description: With this book, Jacqueline Holler demonstrates how early members of religious orders in Mexico were conceived of as an extension of the process of conversion and spiritual conquest. Over time, however, the creation of convents became a means of reaffirming the European nature of the colony, at least for its upper classes. Holler's work is based on archival research in both Mexico and Spain.