Maya Christians and their churches in sixteenth-century Belize /
Graham, Elizabeth A., 1949-
Maya Christians and their churches in sixteenth-century Belize / Elizabeth Graham. - Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, ©2011. - 1 online resource (xviii, 434 pages) : illustrations, maps - Maya studies . - Maya studies. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The view from Belize and the vision from St. Mike's -- Yucatan and Belize on the eve of conquest -- Chesse and terms -- Being Christian and the doctrine of the church -- The environment of early contact -- The millennial kingdom and Belize missions -- How to tell a church -- The churches at Tipu and Lamanai -- Reductions and upheaval in the seventeenth century -- What Europe did for us -- Being pagan -- Everyone knows what a dragon looks like -- Appendix 1. Friars in Belize -- Appendix 2. Bishops of Yucatan to 1714.
Based on her analysis of archaeological evidence from the excavations of Maya churches at Tipu and Lamanai, Elizabeth Graham's book seeks to understand why the Maya sometimes actively embraced Catholicism during the period of European conquest and continued to worship in this way even after the end of the Spanish occupation.
9780813040721 0813040728
22573/ctv12kq789 JSTOR
Franciscans--Missions--History--Belize--16th century.
Franciscans
1500-1599
Mayas--Religion.--Belize
Mayas--Missions--Belize.
Mayas--Antiquities.--Belize
Indian Catholics--History--Belize--16th century.
Christianity and other cultures--History--Belize--16th century.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Belize.
Social archaeology--Belize.
Mayas--Religion.--Belize
Mayas--Missions--Belize.
Mayas--Antiquités.--Belize
Catholiques issus des Peuples autochtones--Histoire--Belize--16e siècle.
Archéologie sociale--Belize.
RELIGION--Christianity--Catholic.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
Antiquities
Excavations (Archaeology)
Indian Catholics
Mayas--Antiquities
Mayas--Missions
Mayas--Religion
Missions
Social archaeology
Belize--Antiquities.
Belize--Antiquités.
Belize
History
F1435.3.R3 / G73 2011eb
282/.7282089974209031
Maya Christians and their churches in sixteenth-century Belize / Elizabeth Graham. - Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, ©2011. - 1 online resource (xviii, 434 pages) : illustrations, maps - Maya studies . - Maya studies. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The view from Belize and the vision from St. Mike's -- Yucatan and Belize on the eve of conquest -- Chesse and terms -- Being Christian and the doctrine of the church -- The environment of early contact -- The millennial kingdom and Belize missions -- How to tell a church -- The churches at Tipu and Lamanai -- Reductions and upheaval in the seventeenth century -- What Europe did for us -- Being pagan -- Everyone knows what a dragon looks like -- Appendix 1. Friars in Belize -- Appendix 2. Bishops of Yucatan to 1714.
Based on her analysis of archaeological evidence from the excavations of Maya churches at Tipu and Lamanai, Elizabeth Graham's book seeks to understand why the Maya sometimes actively embraced Catholicism during the period of European conquest and continued to worship in this way even after the end of the Spanish occupation.
9780813040721 0813040728
22573/ctv12kq789 JSTOR
Franciscans--Missions--History--Belize--16th century.
Franciscans
1500-1599
Mayas--Religion.--Belize
Mayas--Missions--Belize.
Mayas--Antiquities.--Belize
Indian Catholics--History--Belize--16th century.
Christianity and other cultures--History--Belize--16th century.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Belize.
Social archaeology--Belize.
Mayas--Religion.--Belize
Mayas--Missions--Belize.
Mayas--Antiquités.--Belize
Catholiques issus des Peuples autochtones--Histoire--Belize--16e siècle.
Archéologie sociale--Belize.
RELIGION--Christianity--Catholic.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
Antiquities
Excavations (Archaeology)
Indian Catholics
Mayas--Antiquities
Mayas--Missions
Mayas--Religion
Missions
Social archaeology
Belize--Antiquities.
Belize--Antiquités.
Belize
History
F1435.3.R3 / G73 2011eb
282/.7282089974209031