Add to ORKGIn the middle of the eighteenth century, Franciscan martyr portraits became popular in monastic spaces of the Spanish viceroyalties of central Mexico. To visually construct the meritorious life of these martyrs, artists drew inspiration from hagiographic chronicles that described various Native rebellions, which featured the graphic depiction of the gruesome deaths of friars. The prospect of martyrdom enticed novices to follow in their footsteps in service to God, but also to the Crown, whose presence in the northern territories of New Spain intensified during the period of the Bourbon reforms. In my dissertation I explore this propagandistic approach to martyr images by analyzing examples anchored to the Franciscan missionary history of N...
In the late fall of 1597, Guale Indians murdered five Franciscan friars stationed in their territory...
Recognizing that history can be archived in visual evidences, this research explores the theoretical...
Dominican friars founded numerous churches and monasteries to evangelize the indigenous populations ...
A tradition of martyr photography flourished during Mexico’s religiously motivated Cristero War (192...
This study examines the intersections between religious practices and violence, and their representa...
During the Spanish conquest of Latin America in the 16th Century, the indigenous peoples were confro...
This dissertation investigates a collection of innovative and unorthodox paintings that aggrandized ...
This dissertation provides the most comprehensive study to date of the eighteenth-century Templo de ...
Degree awarded: Ph.D. History. The Catholic University of AmericaThe Franciscan missions in Texas we...
This dissertation examines how Nahuas used their Franciscan monastery—its spaces, imagery, and insti...
In 18th century New Spain, autos-de-fé were publicly performed as a way to openly confront the sins ...
This dissertation examines the intersection of sacred and profane imagery in Spanish territories, in...
My dissertation provides a critical review of religious imperialism and how it affected the Spanish ...
What role does violence play in visual depictions of Black women and Spanish men in late eighteenth ...
My Dissertation provides a critical review of religious imperialism and how it affected the Spanish ...
In the late fall of 1597, Guale Indians murdered five Franciscan friars stationed in their territory...
Recognizing that history can be archived in visual evidences, this research explores the theoretical...
Dominican friars founded numerous churches and monasteries to evangelize the indigenous populations ...
A tradition of martyr photography flourished during Mexico’s religiously motivated Cristero War (192...
This study examines the intersections between religious practices and violence, and their representa...
During the Spanish conquest of Latin America in the 16th Century, the indigenous peoples were confro...
This dissertation investigates a collection of innovative and unorthodox paintings that aggrandized ...
This dissertation provides the most comprehensive study to date of the eighteenth-century Templo de ...
Degree awarded: Ph.D. History. The Catholic University of AmericaThe Franciscan missions in Texas we...
This dissertation examines how Nahuas used their Franciscan monastery—its spaces, imagery, and insti...
In 18th century New Spain, autos-de-fé were publicly performed as a way to openly confront the sins ...
This dissertation examines the intersection of sacred and profane imagery in Spanish territories, in...
My dissertation provides a critical review of religious imperialism and how it affected the Spanish ...
What role does violence play in visual depictions of Black women and Spanish men in late eighteenth ...
My Dissertation provides a critical review of religious imperialism and how it affected the Spanish ...
In the late fall of 1597, Guale Indians murdered five Franciscan friars stationed in their territory...
Recognizing that history can be archived in visual evidences, this research explores the theoretical...
Dominican friars founded numerous churches and monasteries to evangelize the indigenous populations ...