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Men of God : mendicant orders in colonial Mexico / Asunción Lavrin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lavrin, Asunción, author.
- Series:
- Confluencias Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Friars--Mexico--History.
- Friars.
- Monasticism and religious orders--Mexico--History.
- Monasticism and religious orders.
- Masculinity--Religious aspects--Catholic Church--History.
- Masculinity.
- Mexico--History--Spanish colony, 1540-1810.
- Mexico.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (431 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- A sweeping cultural history of the men of the Augustinian, Franciscan, and Dominican orders in New Spain, from the late sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries.
- Contents:
- Childhood: prescriptions and memories
- The threshold of religious life: the novitiate
- Lay brothers: an alternative choice
- Sexuality: the treacherous flesh
- Missionaries: preaching their faith
- Martyrs: the offer of life
- Death: the test of faith.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781496240767
- 1496240766
- 9781496240750
- 1496240758
- OCLC:
- 1485005379
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