Introduction; Part I. Politics, Place, and Religion: 1. Parish Priests in Bourbon Mexico; 2. The Archdiocese of Mexico and the diocese of Guadalajara; 3. Issues of local religion; Part II. Priests: 4. Becoming a Parish Priest; 5. The careers of Parish Priests; 6. Making a living; 7. Priests as judges and teachers; 8. Priests at work; 9. Sanctions and deference; Part III. Parishioners: 10. Christian duties and local celebrations; 11. Saints and images; 12. Cofradias; 13. The Curas' lay network; Part IV. The Politics of Parish Life:14. Officials, popular action, and disputes with Parish Priests; 15. Leadership and dissention in Pueblo politics; 16. District governors and Parish Priests; 17. Arancel disputes; Appendixes.
William B. Taylor is Edmund and Louise Kahn Professor of History at Southern Methodist University.
'In this impressive and meticulously researched book, William Taylor attempts an exhaustive study of parish priests and their parishioners in late colonial Mexico. Of particular interest is the author's insistence that priests ought to be placed in the context of a remarkable governmental system which survived for almost three centuries despite great inequalities, little social mobility, and the absence of a standing army; for it is clear that is such a context parish priests were a key element of the local practice of legitimacy and authority in Spanish America.' Journal of Ecclesiastical History
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