Title: The great festivals of colonial Mexico City
Description: "This innovative work of cultural history examines the function of public rituals in colonial Mexico City. Festivals were a defining characteristic of life in the capital. For most of the colonial period, inhabitants could witness as many as 100 religious and civil celebrations in a year. The largest of these events, both civil and religious, were sponsored by the authorities and were crucial means to embody political and social concepts."--Amazon
Subjects: History, Social life and customs, Festivals, Mexico city (mexico), history, Mexico, social life and customs, Mexico, history, spanish colony, 1540-1810
Places: Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico City (Mexico)
Time periods: Spanish colony, 1540-1810