Victory on Earth or in Heaven: Mexico's Religionero Rebellion Contributor(s): Stauffer, Brian A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0826363369 ISBN-13: 9780826363367 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2021 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Latin America - Mexico |
Dewey: 972.081 |
Physical Information: 0.87" H x 6" W x 9" (1.26 lbs) 392 pages |
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Publisher Description: This work reconstructs the history of Mexico's forgotten Religionero rebellion of 1873-1877, an armed Catholic challenge to the government of Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada. An essentially grassroots movement--organized by indigenous, Afro-Mexican, and mestizo parishioners in Mexico's central-western Catholic heartland--the Religionero rebellion erupted in response to a series of anticlerical measures raised to constitutional status by the Lerdo government. These Laws of Reform decreed the full independence of Church and state, secularized marriage and burial practices, prohibited acts of public worship, and severely curtailed the Church's ability to own and administer property. A comprehensive reconstruction of the revolt and a critical reappraisal of its significance, this book places ordinary Catholics at the center of the story of Mexico's fragmented nineteenth-century secularization and Catholic revival. |