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Feast of Souls
Robert C. Galgano
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Indians and Spaniards in the Seventeenth-century Missions of Florida and New Mexico
出版UNM Press, 2005
主題History / Indigenous Peoples in the AmericasHistory / North AmericaHistory / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)History / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)History / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)History / WorldHistory / Europe / SpainReligion / Christianity / HistoryReligion / Christian Ministry / Missions
ISBN08263364859780826336484
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=pGXCHCnPg_YC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Explores native peoples' responses to Spanish attempts to challenge and replace traditional spiritual practices in Florida and New Mexico. In these two regions, Franciscan missions were the primary mechanism for both spiritual and secular colonisation in the seventeenth century. By 1700, there were only about 1000 Spaniards in Florida and 3000 in New Mexico; the newcomers relied on Indians for potential converts, labourers, trading partners, and military allies. But, the Spaniards' very presence among indigenous peoples created epidemiological, political, material, and economic crises in native communities. Natives' reactions in New Mexico and Florida varied widely but they nonetheless sought to control their own destinies. Some groups embraced the conquerors' offerings on their own terms and some rejected them totally. Some even fled or rebelled, as in Florida in 1656 and New Mexico in 1680. Sifting through Spanish colonial accounts and modern archaeological and architectural investigations, Robert Galgano pays equal attention to the views of the newcomers and the natives while emphasising the Franciscans' perspectives over those of the Spanish political leadership.