The Spiritual Conquest of Mexico: An Essay on the Apostolate and the Evangelizing Methods of the Mendicant Orders in New Spain, 1523-1572

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Translator's Preface Contents Chronology Introduction Part I. The Founding of the Church 1 First Contacts between Paganism and Christianity 2 Ethnographic and Linguistic Training of the Missionaries 3 Geographic Distribution of Missions and Monasteries 4 Prebaptismal Instruction and the Administration of Baptism 5 The Catechism 6 The Administration of the Sacraments 7 Virtues of the Founders Part II. The Stabilization of the Church 8 Social Organisation and Public Works 9 The Hospitals 10 Missionary Conditions and Church Architecture 11 Pomp and Magnificence 12 The Edifying Play 13 Primary and Technical Schools 14 Training an Elite: the Problem of a Native Clergy Part III. Conclusions 15 Internal Dissensions 16 Native Resistance 17 The Early Evangelisation and the Religious Evolution of Niexico Appendix I. Preface to the Spanish Edition of 1947 Appendix II. Essay on Sources Abbreviations Used In Notes NOTES TO INTRODUCTION (Pages 1-11) NOTES TO CHAPTER 1 (Pages 15-38) NOTES TO CHAPTER 2 (Pages 39-60) NOTES TO CHAPTER 3 (Pages 61-80) NOTES TO CHAPTER 4 NOTES TO CHAPTER 5 (Pages 96-108) NOTES TO CHAPTER 7 (Pages 128-131) NOTES TO CHAPTER 8 (Pages 135-153) NOTES TO CHAPTER 9 (Pages 155-161) NOTES TO CHAPTER 10 (Pages 162-175) NOTES TO CHAPTER 12 (Pages 194-206) NOTES TO CHAPTER 13 (Pages 207-216) NOTES TO CHAPTER 14 (Pages 217-235) NOTES TO CHAPTER 15 (Pages 239-263) NOTES TO CHAPTER 16 (Pages 264-282) NOTES TO CHAPTER 17 (Pages 283-295) NOTES TO APPENDIX I (Pages 296-309) NOTES TO APPENDIX II (Pages 310-322) Bibliography Index of Proper and Place Names