The church of the dead: the epidemic of 1576 and the birth of Christianity in the Americas
"In 1576 a catastrophic epidemic devastated Indigenous Mexican communities and left the colonial church in ruins. With its horrific final symptom of hemorrhage from the nose, the unfamiliar disease, which the Nahua named cocoliztli, took almost two million lives. In the crisis and its immediate...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Εκτύπωση Βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
| Υπηρεσία παραγγελιών Subito: | Παραγγείλετε τώρα. |
| Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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New York
New York University Press
[2021]
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| Στο/Στη: | Έτος: 2021 |
| Μονογραφική σειρά/Περιοδικό: | North American religions
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| Τυποποιημένες (ακολουθίες) λέξεων-κλειδιών: | B
North America
/ Epidemic
/ Christianity
/ Indians
/ Mission (international law
/ History
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| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Catholic Church (Mexico)
History 16th century
B Mexico Church history 16th century B Epidemics (Mexico) History 16th century |
| Διαθέσιμο Online: |
Inhaltsverzeichnis (Aggregator) |
| Σύνοψη: | "In 1576 a catastrophic epidemic devastated Indigenous Mexican communities and left the colonial church in ruins. With its horrific final symptom of hemorrhage from the nose, the unfamiliar disease, which the Nahua named cocoliztli, took almost two million lives. In the crisis and its immediate aftermath, Spanish missionaries and surviving pueblos de indios held radically different visions for the future of church in the Americas"-- |
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| Περιγραφή τεκμηρίου: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1479802557 |