Pedro Moya de Contreras: Catholic Reform and Royal Power in New Spain, 1571-1591 Second Edition Tapa blanda - 2011 - 2nd Edición

University of Oklahoma Press, 2011-03-15. Second. Paperback. Very Good. 9x6x1. 2nd ed. 365pp. Binding tight and sturdy, text very good, light shelfwear. NOT ex-lib. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Paperback / softback. New. For a brief few years in the sixteenth century, Pedro Moya de Contreras was the most powerful man in the New World. A church official and loyal royalist, he came to Mexico in 1571 to establish the Inquisition and later became archbishop and viceroy for the region. This new edition of Stafford Poole's definitive portrait of Moya de Contreras, first published in 1971, now offers an expanded understanding of this enigmatic figure's influence on the development of New Spain. In tracing the career of a sixteenth-century church official and administrator who was more notable for what he did than for who he was, Poole offers a rich source of information about Spanish rule in colonial Mexico and the evolving relationship between the Spanish monarchy and the Catholic Church. For this second edition, Poole draws on newly available sources to fill in gaps regarding Moya de Contreras's shadowy early career and final years in Spain. He also explores in greater depth the… Leer más

Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 2011. Paperback. New. 2nd edition. 365 pages. 8.75x5.75x1.00 inches.

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