Church and State in Bourbon Mexico

by D.A. Brading and David A. Brading

Book Overview

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 Michoac?n. 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052152301X
• ISBN13: 9780521523011
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"