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The frontier mission and social transformation in western Honduras : the Order of Our Lady of Mercy, 1525-1773 / by Nancy Johnson Black.
- Title
- The frontier mission and social transformation in western Honduras : the Order of Our Lady of Mercy, 1525-1773 / by Nancy Johnson Black.
- Author
- Black, Nancy Johnson.
- Publication
- Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill 1995.
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- Description
- xii, 194 p. : maps; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "Significant contribution to Central American ecclesiastical history and ethnohistory. Heart of study focuses on missionary interaction with Lenca people of Tencoa district. Fills important gap in literature for the Lenca, colonial Honduras, and the Mercedarian order"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
- Series Statement
- Studies in Christian mission, 0924-9389 ; v. 14
- Uniform Title
- Studies in Christian mission v. 14.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [168]-189) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction -- Anthropological study of Christian missionization -- Introduction of Christianity into the New World by Spain -- The Order of Our Lady of Mercy in Northern Central America -- The organization of the mission province -- The operation of the mercedarian province -- The indigenous social and physical environment -- Mercedarian evangelization of the Indians in the partido of Tencoa -- Conclusions.
- ISBN
- 9004102191 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^^95002093^
- OCLC
- 31969457
- SCSB-10382521
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library