Urban Plan, Architecture, and the Geography of the Sacred in Colonial Morelos /

In the sixteenth century, Franciscan, Dominican, and Augustinian missionaries attempted to evangelize the indigenous peoples of central Mexico. Indigenous peoples incorporated the new faith into their belief system on their own terms, and continued to conceptualize a sacred geography that ordered th...

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Main Authors: Jackson, Robert H. (Author), Quintana, Leonardo Meraz (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Series: Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2024.
European Expansion and Indigenous Response ; 43.

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Call Number: F1418

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Summary:In the sixteenth century, Franciscan, Dominican, and Augustinian missionaries attempted to evangelize the indigenous peoples of central Mexico. Indigenous peoples incorporated the new faith into their belief system on their own terms, and continued to conceptualize a sacred geography that ordered their world and regulated time. At the same time, the missionaries had new sacred complexes built, but the question remains, why did indigenous peoples dedicate labor and community resources to these projects? This study analyzes the urban plan of indigenous communities, the construction of new sacred complexes, and the ways in which the urban plan conformed to the notion of sacred geography. See Less
Physical Description:1 online resource (252 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004712010