"Based on my PhD dissertation completed in 2016 at the University of Tuebingen in Germany." Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"The book examines the care of the poor by Franciscan missionaries and the indigenous people themselves during the first two centuries of colonization by the Spanish in Mexico. The indigenous people not only received charity, but were active agents in providing charity as well. The organization that facilitated this was the confraternity, a pious and fraternal association brought by the Franciscans to New Spain"-- Provided by publisher.
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