The Franciscans in Colonial Mexico

Generations of scholars have studied the multifaceted experiences of the Franciscans in Mexico and how the Franciscan order shaped New Spain and the early Mexican republic. Recent scholarship has given long-overdue attention to the evangelized natives. Most of these works focus on a specific region or period, or on a particular aspect of Franciscan ministries in New Spain. A comprehensive account of the Franciscans in Mexico over the long term has been missing, until now.
This book analyzes the Franciscans' engagement with native peoples, creole populations, the viceregal authorities, and the Spanish empire as a whole in order to offer a broad picture of Catholic evangelization in North America while keeping the Franciscans at the center of the story. Published in 2021, during commemoration of the quincentenary of the Spanish--and thus the Franciscan--presence in Mexico, the book brings together the research of junior and senior scholars from Mexico, Spain, and the United States on the long-enduring and far-reaching Franciscan presence in Mexico.


Author: Thomas M. Cohen
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 02/17/2022
Pages: 344
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780806169255

About the Author
Cohen, Thomas M.: - Thomas M. Cohen is Associate Professor of History at the Catholic University of America. He worked with Fr. Francisco Morales as co-director of the Centro de Estudios Humanísticos Fray Bernardino de Sahagún and as curator of the Biblioteca Franciscana at the Universidad de las Américas Puebla. He is the author of The Fire of Tongues: António Vieira and the Missionary Church in Brazil and Portugal.Harrison, Jay T.: - Jay T. Harrison is Associate Professor of Latin American and Public History at Hood College in Maryland.Galindo, David Rex: - David Rex Galindo is Assistant Professor of History at the Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago, Chile. He is the author of To Sin No More: Franciscans and Conversion in the Hispanic World, 1683-1830.