Abstract
The book Colonial Angels deals with Hispano Mexican women in holy orders who contended with the blended ideologies of the New World and Christian Spain. An introductory chapter discusses the various vidas (lives) of Spanish cloistered nuns and demonstrates their tendency for mystical visits to exotic places, especially the Indies. Presumably all these trips were metaphorical, but in any case there were nuns, traveling more conventionally, who actually reached Mexico by around 1530. The author then turns to an actual New World foundation, that of the Carmelite convent of San José in Mexico City. This early seventeenthcentury convent was engineered by two Spanish nuns, Inés de la Cruz and Mariana de la Encarnación. They were primarily influenced by the g reat reformer and Discalced Carmelite, Teresa of Avila. Fortunately for the founders of San José, a new archbishop of Mexico, Juan Pérez de la Serna, became a patron of the convent. Pérez was an enthusiast for Teresa of Avila, who was proclaimed a saint in 1622 (Elisa Sampson Vera Tudela says 1618), shortly after the convent was founded.
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Disclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.