The Autobiography of St. Anthony Mary Claret
The Autobiography of St. Anthony Mary Claret

Author: St. Anthony Mary Claret

Publisher: TAN Books

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 1505104572

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Bares the soul of a saint and reveals the methods which were so successful for him in converting others. From age 5 he was haunted by the thought of the souls about to fall into Hell. This insight fueled his powerful drive to save as many souls as he could.

Biography of a Mexican Crucifix
Biography of a Mexican Crucifix

Author: Jennifer Scheper Hughes

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 0195367065

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Here, Jennifer Scheper Hughes traces popular devotion to the Cristo Aparecido over five centuries of Mexican history. Each chapter investigates a single incident in the encounter between believers and the image.

A New World of Gold and Silver
A New World of Gold and Silver

Author: John J. TePaske

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2010-10-15

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 9004190562

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Colonial Latin America was famed for the precious metals plundered by the conquistadores and the gold and silver extracted from its mines. Historians and economists have attempted to determine the amount of bullion produced and its impact on the colonies themselves and the emerging early-modern world economy. Using official tax and mintage records, this book provides decade-by-decade and often annual data on the amount of gold and silver officially refined and coined in the treasury and mint districts of Spanish and Portuguese America. It also places American bullion output within the context of global production and addresses the issue of contraband production and bullion smuggling. The book is thus an invaluable source for evaluating the rise of the early-modern economy.