William B Taylor

Gebundenes Buch

Theater of a Thousand Wonders

A History of Miraculous Images and Shrines in New Spain

Beschreibung

The first comprehensive historical study of the images and shrines of New Spain, rich in stories and patterns of change over time.

Autor

William B. Taylor is Muriel McKevitt Sonne Professor of History, Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. Research for this book took him to Spain, Guatemala, various archives and libraries in the US, and many places in Mexico. It is a culmination of many years studying religious life and especially political and cultural power in colonial Latin America. Earlier books include Magistrates of the Sacred: Priests and Parishioners in Eighteenth-Century Mexico (1996) and Shrines and Miraculous Images: Essays on Religious Life in Mexico Before the Reforma (2010). He is the recipient of several awards including the Albert J. Beveridge Award from the American Historical Association.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 738
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 162mm x 50mm
• Gewicht: 1193g
• ISBN-13: 9781107102675
• ISBN-10: 1107102677
• Artikelnr.: 45154004