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Book SynopsisHidden lives, hidden history, and hidden manuscripts. In
The Virgin of Guadalupe and the Conversos, Marie-Theresa Hernández unmasks the secret lives of conversos and judaizantes and their likely influence on the Catholic Church in the New World. This is a spellbinding and controversial story that offers a fresh perspective on the origins and history of conversos.
Trade Review"Cogent, convincing, and full of interesting stories, this original work by Marie-Theresa Hernández makes us reconsider the old boundaries opposing Christians and Jews in the Hispanic old and new worlds." -- Jean-Michel Rabaté * University of Pennsylvania *
"Hernández does well to stir the pot and to challenge other scholars to wrestle with existent sources ot make visible the hidden histories of
conversos and
judaizantes in the Americas." * Religious Studies Review *
"Hernández boldly reinstates the occluded converso influence on the Mexican and Spanish Churches through original interpretations of her fascinating cache brimming with textual and iconographic materials of multiple religious significations."
-- Dalia Kandiyoti * author of Migrant Sites: America, Place, and Diaspora Literatures *
"An intriguing example of Jewish-Christian syncretism that speaks to the ways in which we can access and interpret religious identity." * Bulletin of Hispanic Studies *
"An enchanting work that will guide the general public, student, and scholars through the convoluted cultural, religious, and human relations that are the history of the conversos." * Renaissance Quarterly *
"A welcome contribution to the religious history of Spain and colonial Latin America." * The Sixteenth Century Journal *
"Cogent, convincing, and full of interesting stories, this original work by Marie-Theresa Hernández makes us reconsider the old boundaries opposing Christians and Jews in the Hispanic old and new worlds." -- Jean-Michel Rabaté * University of Pennsylvania *
"Hernández does well to stir the pot and to challenge other scholars to wrestle with existent sources ot make visible the hidden histories of
conversos and
judaizantes in the Americas." * Religious Studies Review *
"Hernández boldly reinstates the occluded converso influence on the Mexican and Spanish Churches through original interpretations of her fascinating cache brimming with textual and iconographic materials of multiple religious significations."
-- Dalia Kandiyoti * author of Migrant Sites: America, Place, and Diaspora Literatures *
"An intriguing example of Jewish-Christian syncretism that speaks to the ways in which we can access and interpret religious identity." * Bulletin of Hispanic Studies *
"An enchanting work that will guide the general public, student, and scholars through the convoluted cultural, religious, and human relations that are the history of the conversos." * Renaissance Quarterly *
"A welcome contribution to the religious history of Spain and colonial Latin America." * The Sixteenth Century Journal *
