Visualizing the miraculous, visualizing the sacred : evangelization and the "cultural war" in sixteenth century Mexico /
French historian Robert Ricard postulated a quick and facile evangelization of the native populations of central Mexico. However, evidence shows that native peoples incorporated Catholicism into their religious beliefs on their own terms, and continued to make sacrifices to their traditional deities...
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Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2014.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Visualizing the miraculous : the Virgin of the Rosary mural at Tetela del Volcán (Morelos)
- Organizing missions in sixteenth century central Mexico
- Dateline Yodzocahi (Yanhuitlan) 1542 : "idolatry" and an Inquisition investigation
- Visualizing the sacred : embedded stones and native religious iconography
- Representations of death and the challenge of evangelization
- Confraternities and the ritual of penitence : Catholic practice or ritual self-sacrifice?
- Conclusions.