Jose de Acosta's De procuranda Indorum salute: A Call for Evangelical Reforms in Colonial Peru contextualizes and analyzes the deployment of Catholic missionary forces in the Andes. Its exhaustive approach to the ecclesiastic and political reforms of late-sixteenth-century Peru exposes the philosophical and legal underpinnings of Spain's colonial policies. As this book analyzes Jose de Acosta's De procuranda Indorum salute, one of the most important treatises of the colonial period, it explores influences and intentions and reveals context and subtext. Comprehensive in its appraisal of Acosta's intellectual achievement, this book is essential for scholars and students of this early period of Christian and European expansion in the Americas. Not only does Gregory J. Shepherd examine Acosta's missionary manual against the controversial backdrop of Las Casas and Sepulveda, but he also reconstructs the political atmosphere surrounding Toledo's massive and intrusive transformation of Andean life. Most importantly, this text carries out a thorough study of the ideologies - Christian, Jesuit, and European - underlying Acosta's appeal for political, social, and ecclesiastic reform.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Peter Lang
ISBN-13
9781433126574
eBay Product ID (ePID)
209426467
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Regional History
Author
Gregory J. Shepherd
Publication Name
Jose De Acosta's De Procuranda Indorum Salute : a Call for Evangelical Reforms in Colonial Peru
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2014
Type
Study Guide
Number of Pages
110 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
230mm
Item Width
155mm
Volume
231
Item Weight
280g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Gregory J. Shepherd
Series Title
Currents in Comparative Romance Languages & Literatures