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- catalog abstract ""On December 12, 1794, Fray Servando preached a sermon in Mexico City claiming that the Indies had been converted by St. Thomas long before the Spaniards arrived. Because the Spanish cited the "conversion of the heathen" as the justification of their conquest of the New World, Servando's words were deemed subversive. As a result, he was arrested by the Inquisition and exiled to Spain - only to escape and spend 10 years traveling throughout Europe, as none other than a French priest." "So began the grand adventure of Fray Servando's life, and of this gripping memoir. Here is an invitation hard for any reader to resist: a glimpse of the European "Age of Enlightenment" through the eyes of a fugitive Mexican friar. Fray Servando's account of Europe is clear-sighted, hilarious and certainly not included in the travel literature of that era. In this memoir, one sees a portrait of manners and morals that is a far cry from the 'civilized' spirit that the Empire wanted to impose on its Colonies. This book takes a look at history from an upside-down perspective, asking this question: who were the real savages, the colonizers themselves, or the supposed "savages" they were struggling to convert?"--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Memorias. English".
- catalog contributor b10865157.
- catalog contributor b10865158.
- catalog contributor b10865159.
- catalog coverage "Europe Description and travel.".
- catalog coverage "Europe History 1789-1815.".
- catalog coverage "Europe Social life and customs 19th century.".
- catalog coverage "Mexico History 19th century.".
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description ""On December 12, 1794, Fray Servando preached a sermon in Mexico City claiming that the Indies had been converted by St. Thomas long before the Spaniards arrived. Because the Spanish cited the "conversion of the heathen" as the justification of their conquest of the New World, Servando's words were deemed subversive. As a result, he was arrested by the Inquisition and exiled to Spain - only to escape and spend 10 years traveling throughout Europe, as none other than a French priest." "So began the grand adventure of Fray Servando's life, and of this gripping memoir. Here is an invitation hard for any reader to resist: a glimpse of the European "Age of Enlightenment" through the eyes of a fugitive Mexican friar. Fray Servando's account of Europe is clear-sighted, hilarious and certainly not included in the travel literature of that era. In this memoir, one sees a portrait of manners and morals that is a far cry from the 'civilized' spirit that the Empire wanted to impose on its Colonies. This book takes a look at history from an upside-down perspective, asking this question: who were the real savages, the colonizers themselves, or the supposed "savages" they were struggling to convert?"--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-242).".
- catalog description "Series Editors' General Introduction -- Note on the Author -- Chronology of the Author -- Note on the Text -- Editor's Introduction -- The Memoirs of Fray Servando Teresa de Mier.".
- catalog extent "lxiv, 242 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0195106733 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Library of Latin America".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng spa".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Europe Description and travel.".
- catalog spatial "Europe History 1789-1815.".
- catalog spatial "Europe Social life and customs 19th century.".
- catalog spatial "Mexico History 19th century.".
- catalog spatial "Mexico".
- catalog subject "972/.02/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Dominicans Mexico Biography.".
- catalog subject "F1232 .M6778313 1998".
- catalog subject "Historians Mexico Biography.".
- catalog subject "Mier Noriega y Guerra, José Servando Teresa de, 1763-1827 Travel Europe.".
- catalog subject "Mier Noriega y Guerra, José Servando Teresa de, 1763-1827.".
- catalog subject "Statesmen Mexico Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Series Editors' General Introduction -- Note on the Author -- Chronology of the Author -- Note on the Text -- Editor's Introduction -- The Memoirs of Fray Servando Teresa de Mier.".
- catalog title "Memorias. English".
- catalog title "The memoirs of Fray Servando Teresa de Mier / Fray Servando Teresa de Mier ; translated from the Spanish by Helen Lane ; edited and with an introduction by Susana Rotker.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".