The Story of Guadalupe: Luis Laso de la Vega's Huei Tlamahuiçoltica of 1649

by Lisa Sousa, Luis Lasso De La Vega, Stafford Poole, et al.

Book Overview

The devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe is one of the most important elements in the development of a specifically Mexican tradition of religion and nationality over the centuries. The picture of the Virgen morena (Dark Virgin) is to be found everywhere throughout Mexico, and her iconography is varied almost beyond telling. Though innumerable books, both historical and devotional, have been published on the Guadalupan legend in this century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804734828
• ISBN13: 9780804734820
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.2"