Sacred Habitat : Nature and Catholicism in the Early Modern Spanish Atlantic / Ran Segev.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Segev, Ran (Historian), author.

Series:

Iberian encounter and exchange, 475-1755.

Iberian Encounter and Exchange, 475-1755 Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Spain--History--16th century.

Catholic Church.

Catholic Church--Spain--History--17th century.

Catholic Church--Latin America--History--16th century.

Catholic Church--Latin America--History--17th century.

Cosmography--History--16th century.

Cosmography.

Cosmography--History--17th century.

Christianity and geography--Latin America--History--16th century.

Christianity and geography.

Christianity and geography--Latin America--History--17th century.

Natural history--Religious aspects--Catholic Church--History--16th century.

Natural history.

Natural history--Religious aspects--Catholic Church--History--17th century.

Natural history--Latin America--History--16th century.

Natural history--Latin America--History--17th century.

Spain.

Latin America.

Genre:

History

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

University Park, PA : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Investigates the links between religion, empire, and the study of nature across the Spanish world during a period of Iberian global expansion, showing how geographies, cosmographies, and natural history were used to advance multiple Catholic goals"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The ladder to God : empire, faith, and knowledge in the Hispanic world

Finding God and his church in the fabric of nature

Sor María's cosmos

Descripción and the art of piety

The origin of (American) species.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780271096490

0271096497

OCLC:

1453643905