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Child Martyrs and Militant Evangelization in New Spain

- Missionary Narratives, Nahua Perspectives
Af: Stephanie Schmidt Engelsk Hardback

Child Martyrs and Militant Evangelization in New Spain

- Missionary Narratives, Nahua Perspectives
Af: Stephanie Schmidt Engelsk Hardback
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Examines the many iterations of a story of child martyrdom in colonial Mexico.

A cornerstone of the evangelization of early New Spain was the conversion of Nahua boys, especially the children of elites. They were to be emissaries between Nahua society and foreign missionaries, hastening the transmission of the gospel. Under the tutelage of Franciscan friars, the boys also learned to act with militant zeal. They sermonized and smashed sacred objects. Some went so far as to kill a Nahua religious leader. For three boys from Tlaxcala, the reprisals were just as deadly.

In Child Martyrs and Militant Evangelization in New Spain, Stephanie Schmidt sheds light on a rare manuscript about Nahua child converts who were killed for acts of zealotry during the late 1520s. This is the Nahuatl version of an account by an early missionary-friar, Toribio de Benavente Motolinía. To this day, Catholics venerate the slain boys as Christian martyrs who suffered for their piety. Yet Franciscan accounts of the boys’ sacrifice were influenced by ulterior motives, as the friars sought to deflect attention from their missteps in New Spain. Illuminating Nahua perspectives on this story and period, Schmidt leaves no doubt as to who drove this violence as she dramatically expands the knowledgebase available to students of colonial Latin America.

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Examines the many iterations of a story of child martyrdom in colonial Mexico.

A cornerstone of the evangelization of early New Spain was the conversion of Nahua boys, especially the children of elites. They were to be emissaries between Nahua society and foreign missionaries, hastening the transmission of the gospel. Under the tutelage of Franciscan friars, the boys also learned to act with militant zeal. They sermonized and smashed sacred objects. Some went so far as to kill a Nahua religious leader. For three boys from Tlaxcala, the reprisals were just as deadly.

In Child Martyrs and Militant Evangelization in New Spain, Stephanie Schmidt sheds light on a rare manuscript about Nahua child converts who were killed for acts of zealotry during the late 1520s. This is the Nahuatl version of an account by an early missionary-friar, Toribio de Benavente Motolinía. To this day, Catholics venerate the slain boys as Christian martyrs who suffered for their piety. Yet Franciscan accounts of the boys’ sacrifice were influenced by ulterior motives, as the friars sought to deflect attention from their missteps in New Spain. Illuminating Nahua perspectives on this story and period, Schmidt leaves no doubt as to who drove this violence as she dramatically expands the knowledgebase available to students of colonial Latin America.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 224
ISBN-13: 9781477330548
Indbinding: Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1477330542
Kategori: Tlaxcala
Udg. Dato: 28 jan 2025
Længde: 23mm
Bredde: 162mm
Højde: 238mm
Forlag: University of Texas Press
Oplagsdato: 28 jan 2025
Forfatter(e): Stephanie Schmidt
Forfatter(e) Stephanie Schmidt


Kategori Tlaxcala


ISBN-13 9781477330548


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 224


Udgave


Længde 23mm


Bredde 162mm


Højde 238mm


Udg. Dato 28 jan 2025


Oplagsdato 28 jan 2025


Forlag University of Texas Press

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