04518cam a2200757Ma 4500 ocn774290219 OCoLC 20200709060104.0 m d cr cn||||||||| 110204s2012 caub ob 001 0 eng d E7B eng pn E7B OCLCQ DKDLA OCLCO OCLCQ N$T NLGGC OCLCO OCLCQ AZK LOA AGLDB MOR PIFAG OCLCQ OCLCO U3W OCLCF STF WRM OCLCA VTS NRAMU OCLCQ OCLCO M8D HS0 JSTOR 961626678 962645355 966179008 988414690 992028376 1037740491 1038612816 1045450719 9780804783255 (electronic bk.) 080478325X (electronic bk.) 9780804774864 (cloth alk. paper) 713340 (N$T) (OCoLC)774290219 (OCoLC)961626678 (OCoLC)962645355 (OCoLC)966179008 (OCoLC)988414690 (OCoLC)992028376 (OCoLC)1037740491 (OCoLC)1038612816 (OCoLC)1045450719 22573/ctvqrm9j1 JSTOR n-mx--- e-sp--- n------ s------ BX2820 .M45 2012eb REL 016000 bisacsh HIS 033000 bisacsh 271/.06072 22 MAIN Melvin, Karen. Building colonial cities of God : mendicant orders and urban culture in New Spain, 1570-1800 / Karen Melvin. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2012. 1 online resource (xiii, 365 pages) : map text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier data file rda 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. This book tracks New Spain's mendicant orders past their so-called golden age of missions into the ensuing centuries and demonstrates that they had equally crucial roles in what Melvin terms the ""spiritual consolidation"" of cities. Beginning in the late sixteenth century, cities became home to the majority of friars and to the orders' wealthiest houses, and mendicants became deeply embedded in urban social and cultural life. Friars ministered to urban residents of all races and social standings and engaged in traditional mendicant activities, serving as preachers, confessors, spiritual. Master record variable field(s) change: 072 Catholic Church Mexico History 16th century. Catholic Church Mexico History 17th century. Catholic Church. fast (OCoLC)fst00531720 Friars Mexico History 16th century. Friars Mexico History 17th century. Colonial cities Mexico History 16th century. Colonial cities Mexico History 17th century. Mexico Church history 16th century. Mexico Church history 17th century. Mexico History Spanish colony, 1540-1810. Spain Colonies America Religious life and customs. RELIGION Institutions & Organizations. bisacsh Colonial cities. fast (OCoLC)fst00868446 Friars. fast (OCoLC)fst00935118 Spanish colonies. fast (OCoLC)fst01930866 America. fast (OCoLC)fst01239786 Mexico. fast (OCoLC)fst01211700 HISTORY / Latin America / South America bisacsh 1500-1810 fast Electronic books. Church history. fast (OCoLC)fst01411629 History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Print version: Melvin, Karen. Building colonial cities of God. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2012 (DLC) 2011005472 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=713340 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=713340 EBSCO Academic Comprehensive Collection ebrary EBRY ebr10518326 EBSCOhost EBSC 713340 92 N$T 54592 54592