{"product_id":"catholic-colonialism-a-parish-history-of-guatemala-1524-1821-paperback-9780521527125","title":"Catholic Colonialism; A Parish History of Guatemala, 1524–1821 (Paperback) 9780521527125","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCatholic Colonialism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Parish History of Guatemala, 1524–1821\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA history of the parishes of a single Central American diocese from conquest to independence.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAdriaan C. van Oss (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521527125, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 4 July 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.35 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe parish was the fundamental ecclesiastical institution brought by Spain to the New World, and perhaps even the principal instrument of empire. This pioneering study traces the origins and development of the parishes of a single Central American diocese from conquest to independence. Drawing widely on Guatemalan archive sources, it presents a detailed picture of the colonial church at parish level. During the eighteenth century almost all regular parishes were secularized. This brought to an end the ecclesiastical state within a state: a republic of priests and Indians. Although the Crown had decreed that the Christian faith had to be presented in its purest form, uncontaminated by worldly influences, a system of vested interests sprang up with the first conversions. Viewed in the most prosaic terms, her parochial incomes made the church the greatest business of the colonial period.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations, maps and figures\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Glossary of Spanish terms\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: a medieval projection\u003cbr\u003e 1. Parochial origins\u003cbr\u003e 2. Parish structure\u003cbr\u003e 3. Parish finance: the tithe and its alternatives\u003cbr\u003e 4. The village church\u003cbr\u003e 5. Secularization of the regular parishes and attempts at Hispanization\u003cbr\u003e 6. The parish clergy\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Roman%20Catholicism,%20Roman%20Catholic%20Church%20%5BHRCC7%5D%22\"\u003eHRCC7\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46019779166488,"sku":"9780521527125","price":41.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521527125i_c096f2f6-26be-41d6-b989-118693c91f37.jpg?v=1691368934","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/catholic-colonialism-a-parish-history-of-guatemala-1524-1821-paperback-9780521527125","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}