Hernan cortes, king montezuma, and the last stand of the aztecs, which was a finalist for the 2009 pacific northwest booksellers association award and nominated for the 2009 before columbus foundation american book award and a 2009 pen center usa award, american legend. Remensnyder, 9780199893003, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. While most books about mary emphasize her role as the compassionate mother of god, this book uncovers her significant role as an active and often belligerent patron of warfare, as seen from the mosques and castles of medieval iberia to the cities and shrines of colonial mexico and finally to presentday new mexico. The reallife adventures of david crockett, and echoes on rimrock. The virgin mary at war and peace in the old and new worlds dec 26, 20. The first half of the book looks at how spanish christians used the virgins. Rather than focusing on the virgin mary, she instead uses the virgin as a lens to understand how people established identities for themselves in the contexts of domination and devotion. Chevaliers book on the topic reveals that church officials fray angelico chavez and. She is the author of two books, one that spans the atlantic to place medieval. Remensnyder asks in her book, choosing a striking example of the transformation of the virgins image.
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