Church and State in Bourbon Mexico
- Author: D. A. Brading, University of Cambridge
- Date Published: August 2002
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521523011
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In the eighteenth century the Mexican Church experienced spiritual renewal and intellectual reform. The establishment of Franciscan missionary colleges, of the Oratory, and of convents and sisterhoods was to the great benefit of the diocese of Michoacán. Thriving confraternities demonstrated the vigour of parochial life. But the secular clergy remained divided between a wealthy elite and an impecunious mass of curates and country vicars, with the cathedral chapter dominated by a group of enlightened peninsular canons. Charles III and his successor expelled the Jesuits, secularised mendicant parishes, investigated closely popular religion, stripped the clergy of their immunity from royal courts and then seized their wealth. In 1810 priests from the Michoacán diocese led the popular Insurgency which challenged Spanish rule. Here therefore is a rounded portrait of the Mexican Church at its meridian, touching upon virtually all aspects of religious life. At its core is the clash between post-Tridentine baroque Catholicism and enlightened despotism.
Read more- The only book available which covers all aspects of religious life in eighteenth-century Mexico
- Based on a detailed study of extensive source material in Mexico
- A notable follow-up to Dr Brading's successful and pioneering study The First America (1993 paperback)
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- Date Published: August 2002
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521523011
- length: 316 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 18 mm
- weight: 0.47kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
Part I. The Religious Orders:
1. Jesuit expulsion
2. Mendicant chronicles
3. Oratorians
4. Secularisation
5. Nuns
Part II. Priests and Laity:
6. Priests
7. Confraternities and parochial income
8. Devotion and deviance
Part III. Bishops and Chapter:
9. Cathedral and chapter
10. A bishop and his canons
11. Tithes and chantries
12. Liberal prelate
Appendices
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
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