The church of the dead: the epidemic of 1576 and the birth of Christianity in the Americas
"In 1576 a catastrophic epidemic devastated Indigenous Mexican communities and left the colonial church in ruins. With its horrific final symptom of hemorrhage from the nose, the unfamiliar disease, which the Nahua named cocoliztli, took almost two million lives. In the crisis and its immediate...
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| Tipo de documento: | Print Livro |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Publicado em: |
New York
New York University Press
[2021]
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| Em: | Ano: 2021 |
| Coletânea / Revista: | North American religions
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| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Nordamerika
/ Epidemia
/ Cristianismo
/ Indígena ameríndio
/ Missão
/ História
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| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Catholic Church (Mexico)
History 16th century
B Mexico Church history 16th century B Epidemics (Mexico) History 16th century |
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| Resumo: | "In 1576 a catastrophic epidemic devastated Indigenous Mexican communities and left the colonial church in ruins. With its horrific final symptom of hemorrhage from the nose, the unfamiliar disease, which the Nahua named cocoliztli, took almost two million lives. In the crisis and its immediate aftermath, Spanish missionaries and surviving pueblos de indios held radically different visions for the future of church in the Americas"-- |
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| Descrição do item: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1479802557 |