The Frontier Mission and Social Transformation in Western Honduras: The Order of Our Lady of Mercy, 1525-1773

by Nancy Johnson Black

The Frontier Mission and Social Transformation in Western Honduras deals with the interaction between Mercedarian missionaries and the indigenous Lenca Indian population of western Honduras during the early sixteenth to mid-eighteenth centuries. Using an anthropological perspective, it relies heavily on previously neglected ecclesiastical archival material in conjunction with preliminary archaeological evidence as an integral source of data.
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004102191
• ISBN13: 9789004102194
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.7"