An “Evolved” Devotional Book from Late-Eighteenth-Century Mexico
A well-used devotional book with two names inscribed and the print of a miraculous image of Christ crucified pasted in next to the first page of text is examined for clues to religious life in Mexico City in the late-eighteenth century. The discussion features a counterpoint between “external” baroq...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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The Catholic University of America Press
2015
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The catholic historical review
Year: 2015, Volume: 101, Issue: 1, Pages: 65-79 |
Further subjects: | B
mystique of images
B material culture of devotion B Teodoro de Almeida B Devotional literature B late-colonial reforms |
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Summary: | A well-used devotional book with two names inscribed and the print of a miraculous image of Christ crucified pasted in next to the first page of text is examined for clues to religious life in Mexico City in the late-eighteenth century. The discussion features a counterpoint between “external” baroque spiritual practices and reforms meant to fix attention on the discipline of private, “internal” exercises and atonement for sins that continues to be a source of scholarly debate. |
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ISSN: | 1534-0708 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: The catholic historical review
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/cat.2015.0008 |