In Rewriting Maya Religion Garry Sparks examines the earliest religious documents
composed by missionaries and native authors in the Americas, including a reconstruction of …

In 1570, the Franciscan friar Jerónimo de Mendieta bestowed a rare gift on Juan de Ovando,
then president of the Council of Indies. Mendieta placed in Ovando's hands a small …

A sophisticated, state-of-the-art study of the remaking of Christianity by indigenous societies,
Words and Worlds Turned Around reveals the manifold transformations of Christian …

The Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco, established in 1536, liberally educated the sons of
Nahua (Aztec) leaders in New Spain. Its Franciscan pedagogues, including Bernardino de …

Este trabajo analiza cómo un grupo de intelectuales indígenas plasmó, a partir del trasvase
a la lengua náhuatl de varias obras en latín y castellano, sus impresiones sobre la guerra …

After the conquest of the Mexica empire came the friars, armed not only with catechisms, but
also with theological and humanistic works for the Nahua. The Franciscans were behind …

Over the course of time, the Nahua of the Huasteca region in Veracruz, Mexico, have
selected a new religious concept as a way to differentiate Christianity from their ancient …

This article offers a new perspective on the Colegio de Santa Cruz in Tlatelolco. On the one
hand, it studies hitherto inedited sources and manuscripts; on the other, it reinterprets some …

This dissertation centers around two recently-discovered early works of indigenous
American literature, a pair of religious plays that take as their subject matter the medieval …

Durante el periodo novohispano los confesionarios en lenguas indígenas fueron uno de los
medios empleados por los evangelizadores para vigilar y adoctrinar a sus feligreses, y para …