{"product_id":"michoacan-and-eden-vasco-de-quiroga-and-the-evangelization-of-western-mexico-paperback-softback-9780292787384","title":"Michoacán and Eden; Vasco De Quiroga and the Evangelization of Western Mexico (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292787384","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMichoacán and Eden\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eVasco De Quiroga and the Evangelization of Western Mexico\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBernardino Verástique (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292787384, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 April 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e214 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.286 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\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e Don Vasco de Quiroga (1470-1565) was the first bishop of MichoacÁn in Western Mexico. Driven by the desire to convert the native PurhÉpecha-Chichimec peoples to a purified form of Christianity, free of the corruptions of European Catholicism, he sought to establish New World Edens in MichoacÁn by congregating the people into pueblo-hospital communities, where mendicant friars could more easily teach them the fundamental beliefs of Christianity and the values of Spanish culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e In this broadly synthetic study, Bernardino VerÁstique explores Vasco de Quiroga's evangelizing project in its full cultural and historical context. He begins by recreating the complex and not wholly incompatible worldviews of the PurhÉpecha and the Spaniards at the time of their first encounter in 1521. With Quiroga as a focal point, VerÁstique then traces the uneasy process of assimilation and resistance that occurred on both sides as the Spaniards established political and religious dominance in MichoacÁn. He describes the syncretisms, or fusions, between Christianity and indigenous beliefs and practices that arose among the PurhÉpecha and relates these to similar developments in other regions of Mexico. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Written especially for students and general readers, this book demonstrates how cultural and geographical environments influence religious experience, while it adds to our understanding of the process of indigenous appropriation of Christian theological concepts in the New World. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e List of Illustrations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e One: The PurhÉ\u003cbr\u003epecha-Chichimec of MichoacÁ\u003cbr\u003en \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Two: The PurhÉ\u003cbr\u003epecha Religious Worldview \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Three: The Historical Landscape of Spain \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Four: Religion in Spain on the Eve of the Conquest \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Five: The Conquest of MichoacÁ\u003cbr\u003en and the Appointment of Vasco de Quiroga \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Six: The Christianization of the PurhÉ\u003cbr\u003epecha \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Seven: InformaciÓ\u003cbr\u003en en derecho: Quiroga's Report to the Royal Council of the Indies \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Eight: The Utopian Experiment: Santa Fe de la Laguna \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Epilogue \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Notes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bibliography \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530887983384,"sku":"9780292787384","price":18.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/michoacan-and-eden-vasco-de-quiroga-and-the-evangelization-of-western-mexico-paperback-softback-9780292787384","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}