Medieval Heritage of Mexico

The Medieval Heritage of Mexico is the result of more than thirty yearsÆ intensive research. This work examines, more thoroughly than any other, the medieval legacy that influences life in Spanish-speaking North America to the present day. Focusing on the period from 1517ùthe expedition of Hernandez de Cordobaùto the middle of the seventeenth century, Weckmann describes how explorers, administrators, judges, and clergy introduced to the New World a culture that was essentially medieval. This culture was, in some respects, a floweringùa rebirth, evenùof the ideals and institutions of medieval Europe, at a time when Europe itself was in the throes of the religious, political, and cultural upheavals of the early modern period. That the transplanted culture differentiated itself from that of Spain is due to the resistance of the indigenous cultures of Mexico.Weckmann, Luis is the author of 'Medieval Heritage of Mexico' with ISBN 9780823213245 and ISBN 0823213242.