Research Catalog

Title

Promiscuous power : an unorthodox history of New Spain / Martin Austin Nesvig.

Author

Nesvig, Martin Austin, 1968-

Publication

• Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2018.
• ©2018

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Details

Description

xii, 252 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Subject

• Conquest of Mexico (1519-1540)
• 1519-1810
• Inquisition > New Spain
• Inquisition
• Mexico > History > Conquest, 1519-1540
• Mexico > History > Spanish colony, 1540-1810
• New Spain > History
• Michoacán de Ocampo (Mexico) > History
• New Spain > Church history
• Mexico
• Mexico > Michoacán de Ocampo
• New Spain

Genre/Form

• Church history.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-233) and index.

Contents

Introduction -- The conquest of Michoacán, paradise's lost and found -- Burning down the house, in which the spiritual conquistadors go to war with each other -- "I shit on you, sir"; or, a rather unorthodox lot of Catholics who didn't fear the Inquisition -- The Inquisition that wasn't there, in which the locals removed the Inquisition's agent from office and the inquisition gave up -- The crown's man : an "incorrigible delinquent," in which a bunch of sketchy and murderous dudes wrought havoc in Colima -- Caudillo priests, in which the locals triumphed and trampled the crown -- Conclusion.

Call Number

JFE 18-6952

ISBN

• 9781477315828
• 1477315829
• 9781477315835
• 1477315837

LCCN

2017048395

OCLC

1006524535

Author

Nesvig, Martin Austin, 1968- author.

Title

Promiscuous power : an unorthodox history of New Spain / Martin Austin Nesvig.

Publisher

Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2018.

Copyright Date

©2018

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-233) and index.

Chronological Term

1519-1810

Sudoc No.

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Research Call Number

JFE 18-6952