Nancy E Van Deusen: 3 books
Embodying the Sacred
Women Mystics in Seventeenth-Century Lima
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2017
In seventeenth-century Lima, pious Catholic women gained profound theological understanding and enacted expressions of spiritual devotion by engaging with a wide range of sacred texts and objects, as well as with one another, their families, and ecclesiastical authorities. In Embodying the Sacred,...
Global Indios
The Indigenous Struggle for Justice in Sixteenth-Century Spain
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2015
In the sixteenth century hundreds of thousands of indios—indigenous peoples from the territories of the Spanish empire—were enslaved and relocated throughout the Iberian world. Although various laws and decrees outlawed indio enslavement, several loopholes allowed the practice to continue. In...
Entre lo sagrado y mundano
La práctica institucional y cultural del recogimiento en la Lima virreinal
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 3, 2015
A lo largo del período temprano de la Edad Moderna, los pobladores de España, la Italia ibérica y las ciudades de Latinoamérica colonial lo supieron todo acerca del recogimiento. Las personas usualmente empleaban el sustantivo recogimiento, el adjetivo recogido o recogida y el verbo recogerse...