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Author Graham, Elizabeth A., 1949-

Title Maya Christians and their churches in sixteenth-century Belize / Elizabeth Graham
Published Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 434 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Maya studies
Maya studies.
Contents The view from Belize and the vision from St. Mike's -- Yucatan and Belize on the eve of conquest -- Chesse and terms -- Being Christian and the doctrine of the church -- The environment of early contact -- The millennial kingdom and Belize missions -- How to tell a church -- The churches at Tipu and Lamanai -- Reductions and upheaval in the seventeenth century -- What Europe did for us -- Being pagan -- Everyone knows what a dragon looks like -- Appendix 1. Friars in Belize -- Appendix 2. Bishops of Yucatan to 1714
Summary Based on her analysis of archaeological evidence from the excavations of Maya churches at Tipu and Lamanai, Elizabeth Graham's book seeks to understand why the Maya sometimes actively embraced Catholicism during the period of European conquest and continued to worship in this way even after the end of the Spanish occupation
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Franciscans -- Missions -- Belize -- History -- 16th century
SUBJECT Franciscans fast
Subject Mayas -- Belize -- Religion
Mayas -- Missions -- Belize
Mayas -- Belize -- Antiquities
Indian Catholics -- Belize -- History -- 16th century
Christianity and other cultures -- Belize -- History -- 16th century
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Belize.
Social archaeology -- Belize
RELIGION -- Christianity -- Catholic.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Antiquities
Excavations (Archaeology)
Indian Catholics
Mayas -- Antiquities
Mayas -- Missions
Mayas -- Religion
Missions
Social archaeology
SUBJECT Belize -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013009
Subject Belize
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780813040721
0813040728