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The Art of Professing in Bourbon Mexico: Crowned-Nun Portraits and Reform in the Convent

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Ronald J. Morgan
Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95 (3): 529–531.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-3088812
Published: 01 August 2015
... and pictorial conventions to produce New Spanish models of religious women's spiritual distinction” (p. 165). Ironically, the author argues in conclusion, the increasingly popular hagiographic genre may have stimulated demand for crowned-nun art during the late Bourbon era “by animating society's esteem...
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Indigenous Writings from the Convent: Negotiating Ethnic Autonomy in Colonial Mexico

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David Tavárez
Hispanic American Historical Review (2012) 92 (2): 355–356.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-1545827
Published: 01 May 2012
... editing. The latter analyzes funeral eulogies for three nuns, two of which praise European ones. The third sermon exalts María Teodora de San Agustín, founder and abbess of the indigenous convent in Oaxaca City. Díaz suggests that this eulogy differs importantly from those written for nonnatives...
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Convent Reform, Catholic Reform, and Bourbon Reform in Eighteenth-Century New Spain: The View from the Nunnery

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Margaret Chowning
Hispanic American Historical Review (2005) 85 (1): 1–37.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-85-1-1
Published: 01 February 2005
...Margaret Chowning Why did Bishop San Miguel find it attractive, or expedient, to go against this convent’s customs and constitution, not only dismantling the very reform that less than two decades earlier had been pressed upon the nuns of the viceroyalty by a strong alliance of church and state...
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Gender and the Politics of Mestizaje: The Convent of Santa Clara in Cuzco, Peru

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Kathryn Burns
Hispanic American Historical Review (1998) 78 (1): 5–44.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-78.1.005
Published: 01 February 1998
... and the two Sotelo sisters (pp. 166-67). 87 See Burns, “Convents, Culture, and Society,” 89-98, 127-33. 86 Both describe Santa Clara’s early entrants as doncellas nobles and daughters of conquistadores. They appear to have drawn on the same source, as they list almost exactly the same...
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Rebellious Nuns: The Troubled History of a Mexican Convent, 1752–1863

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Victoria H. Cummins
Hispanic American Historical Review (2009) 89 (2): 351–352.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-2008-102
Published: 01 May 2009
...Victoria H. Cummins Rebellious Nuns: The Troubled History of a Mexican Convent, 1752 – 1863 . By Chowning Margaret . Oxford : Oxford University Press , 2006 . Photographs. Illustrations. Tables. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index . x , 296 pp. Cloth , $35.00 . Copyright...
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The Social and Economic Role of the Convent: Women and Nuns in Colonial Bahia, 1677-1800

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Susan A. Soeiro
Hispanic American Historical Review (1974) 54 (2): 209–232.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-54.2.209
Published: 01 May 1974
... of Salvador, Bahia—the colonial capital of Portuguese America. Three aspects of the history of the Convent of Santa Clara do Destêrro are discussed in this paper. The first section considers conflicting evidence on the position of women in colonial society. The second segment attempts to place the Convent...
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Figure II. Changes in Population of Destèrro Convent. / (A) Mortality of Nuns of the Black Veil: The numbers tabulated represent 5-year mortality figures. / (B) Entrance of Nuns of the Black Veil: The numbers tabulated represent the average of entering nuns over the 5-year period indicated. For comparison, the admissions of brothers to the Misericórdia of Bahia for similar 5-year intervals are plotted. This data represents a partial reproduction of Figure I from A. J. R. Russell-Wood, Fidalgos and Philanthropists (Berkeley, 1968), p. 128. Originally published by the University of California Press; reprinted by permission of the Regents of the University of California. / Data on total nuns is available only for the following years: 1684 (29); 1688 (50); 1708 (72)*; 1756 (94); 1764 (94); 1775 (81); 1778 (77): 1798 (65)*. (* = approx.)

Changes in Population of Destèrro Convent. (A) Mortality of Nuns of the Bl...

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in The Social and Economic Role of the Convent: Women and Nuns in Colonial Bahia, 1677-1800 > Hispanic American Historical Review
Published: 01 May 1974
Figure II Changes in Population of Destèrro Convent. (A) Mortality of Nuns of the Black Veil: The numbers tabulated represent 5-year mortality figures. (B) Entrance of Nuns of the Black Veil: The numbers tabulated represent the average of entering nuns over the 5-year period indicated More
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Manual of Inter-American Relations. A systematic classification of the Treaties, Conventions, Resolutions, Declarations, and Recommendations adopted at Inter-American Conferences and Meetings of Consultation Preliminary Bibliography of Colonization and Settlement in Latin and Anglo-America

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Hispanic American Historical Review (1954) 34 (4): 602.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-34.4.602a
Published: 01 November 1954
... Manual of Inter-American Relations. A systematic classification of the Treaties, Conventions, Resolutions, Declarations, and Recommendations adopted at Inter-American Conferences and Meetings of Consultation . Washington , 1953 . Pan American Union . Pp. 296 . Paper . $1.00...
View articletitled, Manual of Inter-American Relations. A systematic classification of the Treaties, <span class="search-highlight">Conventions</span>, Resolutions, Declarations, and Recommendations adopted at Inter-American Conferences and Meetings of Consultation Preliminary Bibliography of Colonization and Settlement in Latin and Anglo-America View PDF for article titled, Manual of Inter-American Relations. A systematic classification of the Treaties, <span class="search-highlight">Conventions</span>, Resolutions, Declarations, and Recommendations adopted at Inter-American Conferences and Meetings of Consultation Preliminary Bibliography of Colonization and Settlement in Latin and Anglo-America
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Prelude to Tragedy. The Negotiation and Breakdown of the Tripartite Convention of London, October 31, 1861

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David M. Pletcher
Hispanic American Historical Review (1968) 48 (2): 302–304.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-48.2.302
Published: 01 May 1968
...David M. Pletcher Prelude to Tragedy. The Negotiation and Breakdown of the Tripartite Convention of London, October 31, 1861 . By Bock Carl H. . Philadelphia , 1966 . University of Pennsylvania Press . Footnotes. Appendices. Bibliography. Index . Pp. 799 . $10.00 . Copyright...
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Proceedings of the Third Convention of the Inter-American Bibliographical and Library Association

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Edith M. Coulter
Hispanic American Historical Review (1942) 22 (4): 751–752.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-22.4.751
Published: 01 November 1942
...Edith M. Coulter Proceedings of the Third Convention of the Inter-American Bibliographical and Library Association . ( New York : H. W. Wilson Company , 1940 . Pp. 371 . $5.00 .) Copyright 1942 by Duke University Press 1942 ...
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The Fifth Convention of the Inter-American Bibliographical and Library Association

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T. P. Martin
Hispanic American Historical Review (1942) 22 (2): 416–420.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-22.2.416
Published: 01 May 1942
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The First Convention of the Inter-American Bibliographical and Library Association

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Carmel Sullivan
Hispanic American Historical Review (1938) 18 (2): 235–242.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-18.2.235
Published: 01 May 1938
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Proceedings of the Second Convention of the Inter-American Bibliographical and Library Association

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Almon R. Wright
Hispanic American Historical Review (1940) 20 (1): 134–135.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-20.1.134
Published: 01 February 1940
...Almon R. Wright Proceedings of the Second Convention of the Inter-American Bibliographical and Library Association, ( New York : The H. W. Wilson Company , 1939 . Pp. 331 . $5.00 .) Copyright 1940 by Duke University Press 1940 ...
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The Third Convention of the Inter-American Bibliographical and Library Association

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Almon R. Wright
Hispanic American Historical Review (1940) 20 (3): 488–490.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-20.3.488
Published: 01 August 1940
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Ministerial Order of José de Gálvez Establishing A Uniform Duty on the Importation of Negro Slaves into the Indies; and Convention Between Spain and the United Provinces Regulating the Return of Deserters and Fugitives in their American Colonies

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N. Andrew N. Cleven
Hispanic American Historical Review (1921) 4 (2): 266–276.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-4.2.266
Published: 01 May 1921
View articletitled, Ministerial Order of José de Gálvez Establishing A Uniform Duty on the Importation of Negro Slaves into the Indies; and <span class="search-highlight">Convention</span> Between Spain and the United Provinces Regulating the Return of Deserters and Fugitives in their American Colonies View PDF for article titled, Ministerial Order of José de Gálvez Establishing A Uniform Duty on the Importation of Negro Slaves into the Indies; and <span class="search-highlight">Convention</span> Between Spain and the United Provinces Regulating the Return of Deserters and Fugitives in their American Colonies
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Continuation of the White Book. Controversy between Guatemala and Great Britain, relative to the Convention of 1859, on Territorial Matters

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Roscoe R. Hill
Hispanic American Historical Review (1943) 23 (4): 762.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-23.4.762
Published: 01 November 1943
...Roscoe R. Hill Continuation of the White Book. Controversy between Guatemala and Great Britain, relative to the Convention of 1859, on Territorial Matters . First Series VIII. Bordering territories of the captaincies general of Guatemala and Yucatan during the colonial period; the Anglo...
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Proceedings of the First Convention of the Inter-American Bibliographical and Library Association

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Hispanic American Historical Review (1939) 19 (3): 360–361.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-19.3.360
Published: 01 August 1939
... Proceedings of the First Convention of the Inter-American Bibliographical and Library Association . ( New York : H. W. Wilson Company , 1938 .) Copyright 1939 by Duke University Press 1939 ...
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The Second Convention of the Inter-American Bibliographical and Library Association

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Almon R. Wright
Hispanic American Historical Review (1939) 19 (3): 387–392.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-19.3.387
Published: 01 August 1939
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Ratification of the Convention for the Promotion of Inter-American Cultural Relations

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Hispanic American Historical Review (1941) 21 (2): 354–355.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-21.2.354
Published: 01 May 1941
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Colonial Habits: Convents and the Spiritual Economy of Cuzco, Peru

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Gabriela P. Ramos
Hispanic American Historical Review (2000) 80 (2): 359–360.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-80-2-359
Published: 01 May 2000
...Gabriela P. Ramos Colonial Habits: Convents and the Spiritual Economy of Cuzco, Peru . By Burns Kathryn . Durham : Duke University Press , 1999 . Photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Appendixes. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index . xi , 307 pp. Cloth , $49.95 . Paper...
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