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The Mexican Mission provides a comprehensive analysis of how mendicant friars, particularly the Franciscans, Dominicans, and Augustinians, orchestrated the spiritual and social reconstruction of indigenous populations in New Spain during the sixteenth century. Ryan Dominic Crewe argues that these missionary enterprises were not simply imposed from above but involved complex negotiations between European religious objectives and indigenous agency.
Through detailed examination of mission establishments, ecclesiastical architecture, and conversion strategies, Crewe demonstrates how mendicant orders leveraged indigenous labor and knowledge systems to build their religious infrastructure. The book reveals the nuanced relationship between indigenous reconstruction efforts and European colonial expansion, showing how indigenous communities selectively adopted, adapted, and resisted missionary initiatives.
Part of the Cambridge Latin American Studies series, this volume offers valuable insights into early colonial Mexico, religious conversion, indigenous history, and the development of colonial institutions during a transformative period in Mesoamerican history.
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