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Daily life in colonial Mexico : the journey of Friar Ilarione da Bergamo, 1761-1768 / translated from the Italian by William J. Orr ; edited by Robert Ryal Miller and William J. Orr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ilarione, da Bergamo, fra, -1778.
- Series:
- American exploration and travel series ; v. 78.
- The American exploration and travel series ; v. 78
- Standardized Title:
- Viaggio al Messico. English
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Manners and customs.
- Mexico--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
- Mexico.
- Mexico--Social life and customs--18th century.
- Ilarione, da Bergamo, fra, -1778.
- Ilarione.
- Physical Description:
- x, 240 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2000]
- Summary:
- In 1761 Ilarione da Bergamo, a Capuchin friar, journeyed to Mexico to gather alms for foreign missions. After harrowing voyages across the Mediterranean and Atlantic, he reached Mexico City in 1763. His account reveals the squalor, crime, and other perils in the viceregal capital, and details daily life: food, public hygiene, sexual morality, medical practices, and popular diversions. His observations about religious life are particularly valuable. Ilarione also describes mining and refining techniques, recounts a bitter and bloody miners' strike, and recalls traveling across bandit-infested wilderness to Guadalajara.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-232) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0806132345
- OCLC:
- 43526891
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