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"The iconography of the Trinity has had interesting and important variations. This study addresses the theme of the Santisima Trindad (paintings and sculptures) produced in New Spain for three centuries of Spanish rule. The book is divided into three sections: The first "lo permitido" group the figures that always have been accepted by the Church and never had a problem being interpreted. The second "lo confuso" refers to the anthropomorphic representations...
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In the early years of the 20th century, Herbert Eugene Bolton opened up a new frontier in the study of American history. The Spanish borderlands, long neglected or passed over by Anglo-American historians, became his special field of endeavor. Bolton's research took him to the archives of Mexico, where he found a wealth of unpublished, even unknown, material which threw new light on the early history of the North American continent, particularly of...
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"In this panoramic study, David J. Weber explains how late eighteenth-century Spanish administrators tried to fashion a more enlightened policy toward the people they called barbaros, or "savages." Even Spain's most powerful monarchs failed, however, to enforce a consistent, well-reasoned policy toward Indians. At one extreme, powerful independent Indians forced Spaniards to seek peace, acknowledge autonomous tribal governments, and recognize the...
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