Conflict and Conversion in Sixteenth Century Central Mexico

Concerns over native resistance to evangelization on and beyond the Chichimeca frontier (the frontier between sedentary and nomadic natives) prompted the Augustinian missionaries to use graphic visual images of hell to convince natives to embrace the new faith. The Augustinians believed that they were in a war against Satan.

About the author

Robert H. Jackson, Ph.D. (1988) University of California, Berkeley, is Professor of International Relations and Latin American Studies at Alliant International University, Mexico City, and Program Director of the Alliant School of Management. He has authored, co-authored, edited, and co-edited 11 books and more than 60 journal articles.

Product details

• Authors: Robert H Jackson, Robert H. Jackson
• Publisher: de Gruyter Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.04.2013
• EAN: 9789004232457
• ISBN: 978-90-04-23245-7
• No. of pages: 284
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 239 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 590 g
• Series: European Expansion and Indigen
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology