Research Catalog

Title

Crossroad of empire : the church and state on the Rio Grande frontier of Coahuila and Texas, 1700-1821 / by Félix D. Almaráz, Jr. ; with a preface by Richard E. W. Adams.

Author

Almaráz, Félix D. (Félix Díaz), 1933-

Publication

[San Antonio] : Center for Archaeological Research, University of Texas at San Antonio, 1979.

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Details

Description

v, 71 leaves : ill., map; 27 cm.

Series Statement

• Archaeology and history of the San Juan Bautista Mission area, Coahuila and Texas ; report no. 1
• University of Texas at San Antonio. Center for Archaeological Research. Archaeology and history of the San Juan Bautista Mission area. Report ; no. 1.

Subject

• To 1846
• Coahuila (Mexico : State) > History
• Texas > History > To 1846

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: leaves 64-71.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Early frontier expansion in New Spain -- Settlement of Coahuila -- Patronato real : genesis of union of church and state -- Order of friars minor -- Apostolic College of Santa Cruz de Queretaro -- The frontier mission : an evolutionary process -- Franciscan foundations of the Rio Grande -- The presidio : complementary component of missionary expansion -- The initial decade : progress and recession -- The missions after a quarter century : renewal of effort -- Clash of church and state -- Presidial settlers -- Mission land grants : the act of possession -- Friar Terreros and a new generation of frontiersmen -- The crossroad at mid-century -- Expansion from the Rio Grande -- The Bourbon reforms -- Transition : Queretaran withdrawal and Jaliscan succession -- The visit of Friar Morfi -- The last missionaries : the friars of Pachuca -- The Bishopric of Nuevo Leon and the Pachucans -- Secularization : exemption for the Rio Grande missions -- The presidio : bastion of the crossroad -- Secularization : a perennial complaint -- The Rio Grande missions at the turn of the century -- The revolt of Miguel Hidalgo -- The river crossroad on the eve of Mexican independence -- The crossroad in retrospect.

OCLC

• 5506323
• SCSB-13167201

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library