Pious Imperialism: Spanish Rule and the Cult of Saints in Mexico City

Author/Contributor(s):	Conover, Cornelius
Publisher:	UNM Press
Date:	5/1/2019
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

This book analyzes Spanish rule and Catholic practice from the consolidation of Spanish control in the Americas in the sixteenth century to the loss of these colonies in the nineteenth century by following the life and afterlife of an accidental martyr, San Felipe de Jésus.