Promiscuous power : an unorthodox history of New Spain

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Promiscuous power : an unorthodox history of New Spain

Martin Austin Nesvig

University of Texas Press, 2018

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-233) and index

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  • Introduciton
  • The conquest of Michoacán, paradise's lost and found
  • Burning down the house, in which the spiritual conquistadors go to war with each other
  • "I shit on you, sir"; or, a rather unorthodox lot of catholics who didn't fear the Inquisition
  • The Inquisition that wasn't there, in which the locals removed the Inquisition's agent from office and the inquisition gave up
  • The crown's man : an "incorrigible delinquent," in which a bunch of sketchy and murderous dudes wrought havoc in Colima
  • Caudillo priests, in which the locals triumphed and trampled the crown
  • Conclusion

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