Men of God: mendicant orders in colonial Mexico
"A sweeping cultural history of the men of Augustinian, Franciscan, and Dominican orders in New Spain, from the Late sixteenth century through 1800"--
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Lincoln
University of Nebraska Press
[2024]
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
| Series/Journal: | Confluencias
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mexico
/ Mendicant order
/ Life
/ Spirituality
/ History 1538-1810
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| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KBR Latin America KCA Monasticism; religious orders KDB Roman Catholic Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Masculinity
Religious aspects
Catholic Church
History
B Monasticism and religious orders (Mexico) History B Friars (Mexico) History B Catholic / RELIGION / Christianity B Mexico History Spanish colony, 1540-1810 B Mexico / HISTORY / Latin America |
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Table of Contents Blurb Literaturverzeichnis |
| Summary: | "A sweeping cultural history of the men of Augustinian, Franciscan, and Dominican orders in New Spain, from the Late sixteenth century through 1800"-- "A broadly researched cultural history, Men of God offers a path to understanding the concept of religious masculinity through an intimate approach to the study of friars and lay brothers in colonial Mexico. Though other scholars have focused on the missionary work of the Augustinian, Franciscan, and Dominican friars, few have addressed their everyday lives and how the internal discipline of their orders shaped the men within them. In Men of God Asunción Lavrin offers a sweeping yet intimate history of the mendicant friars in New Spain from the late sixteenth century through 1800. Focusing on these individuals' lives from childhood through death, Lavrin explores contemporaneous ideas from how to raise a boy to the friars' training as novices, and the similarities and differences in the life experiences of lay brothers and ordained members. She discusses their sexuality to reveal the challenges and failures of religious manhood, as well as the drive behind their missionary duties, especially in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Men of God also explores the concepts and realities of martyrdom and death, significant elements in the spirituality of the mendicant friars of colonial Mexico"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | xxiii, 403 Seiten, Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4962-3780-4 978-1-4962-4044-6 |
