Author : Brianna Leavitt-Alcántara
Release : 2018
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 684/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Alone at the Altar by : Brianna Leavitt-Alcántara
Download or read book Alone at the Altar written by Brianna Leavitt-Alcántara. This book was released on 2018. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: City of women, city of God : poor, single, and holy in Santiago de Guatemala -- Unlikely allies : missionaries and laywomen -- Sex, honor, and devotion -- To educate and evangelize : laywomen, clergy, and late-colonial girls' schools -- The controversial ecstasy of Sor María Teresa Aycinena -- "With knives drawn" : gender, devotion, and politics after independence