La Conquistadora: The Virgin Mary at War and Peace in the Old and New Worlds

Synopsis

La Conquistadora Explores Mary's Prominence On And Off The Battlefield In The Culturally And Ethnically Diverse World Of Medieval Iberia, Where Muslims, Christians, And Jews Lived Side By Side, And In Colonial Mexico, Where Spaniards And Indigenous Peoples Mingled. New Mexico, 1992 -- Marian Monarchs And The Virgin's Realm -- Heroes And History -- In A Man's World -- Mary's Enemies, Mary's Friends -- Lady Of The Enemies -- Mother Of Conversion -- Marian Conquistadors And Lay Evangelists -- Our Precious Mother -- Relics Of The Conquest -- The Return Of The Virgin -- Medieval New Mexico And Mestizaje. Amy G. Remensnyder. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.