Augustinian Religious Professions in New Spain, 1534-1599

Description:

Biographic and other data related to the professions of Augustinian friars in 16th-century New Spain extracted from the books of professions of the convents of Mexico City, Puebla de los Angeles, and Oaxaca. The dataset only represents professions made 1534-1599. The data pertaining to Mexico City's convent comes from the original book of professions in the Genaro García Collection, call number G21. The manuscript text consists of 345 folios, dating 1537-1672; data in this book from 1600-1672 is not included in this dataset.

Collection:

Benson Latin American Collection and Genaro García Collection and circulating book library

Provider:

Texas

Resource Class:

Datasets

Subject:

Catholic Church, Colonial Mexico, and Religious Orders

Temporal Coverage:

1534-1599

Date Issued:

Spatial Coverage:

Mexico, Spain, Santo Domingo, Oaxaca, and Canary Islands

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Shapefile