Viceroy Güemes's Mexico: Rituals, Religion, and Revenue

by Christoph Rosenmüller

Viceroy G emes's Mexico: Rituals, Religion, and Revenue examines the career of Juan Francisco G emes y Horcasitas, viceroy of New Spain from 1746 to 1755. It provides the best account yet of how the colonial reform process most commonly known as the Bourbon Reforms did not commence with the arrival of Jos de G lvez, the visitador general to New Spain appointed in 1765. Rather, G emes, ennobled as the conde de Revillagigedo in 1749, pushed through...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826365892
• ISBN13: 9780826365897
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"