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Melvin, Karen, Associate Professor.

Building colonial cities of God mendicant orders and urban culture in New Spain, 1570-1800 / [electronic resource] : Karen Melvin. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2012. - xiii, 365 p. : map.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ordering cities : urban convents and friars, 1570-1810 -- Distinguishing habits : corporate and collective mendicant identities -- Serving cities : orders and their urban ministries -- Defining religions : mendicant connections and disconnections in urban society -- Loving complaints : orders and the formation of local religious culture.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Subjects--Corporate Names:
Catholic Church--History--Mexico--16th century.
Catholic Church--History--Mexico--17th century.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Friars--History--Mexico--16th century.
Friars--History--Mexico--17th century.
Colonial cities--History--Mexico--16th century.
Colonial cities--History--Mexico--17th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Mexico--Church history--16th century.
Mexico--Church history--17th century.
Mexico--History--Spanish colony, 1540-1810.
Spain--Colonies--Religious life and customs.--America

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BX2820 / .M45 2012eb

Dewey Class. No.: 271/.06072