Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- Introduction -- 1 The creation of a town: Puebla de los Ángeles as an urban and theological experiment (c. 1530s-1580s) -- 2 The grid and the hill: Puebla's urban form (c. 1530s-1610s ) -- 3 Urban palaces and architectural treatises: The New World Renaissance in Puebla de los Ángeles (c. 1570s-1630s) -- 4 The Bishop and his cathedral: Juan de Palafox's ideal Christian Republic (c. 1600s-1650s) -- 5 Decline and splendor: Puebla de los Ángeles' Baroque era (c. 1660s-1790s)