Our Lady of Guadalupe
The Origins and Sources of a Mexican National Symbol, 1531–1797
Nonfiction, History, Americas, Mexico
| Author: | Stafford Poole | ISBN: | 9780816537570 |
| Publisher: | University of Arizona Press | Publication: | December 5, 2017 |
| Imprint: | University of Arizona Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Stafford Poole |
| ISBN: | 9780816537570 |
| Publisher: | University of Arizona Press |
| Publication: | December 5, 2017 |
| Imprint: | University of Arizona Press |
| Language: | English |
For decades, Stafford Poole has stood at the forefront of scholarship on the historicity of the Virgin of Guadalupe, an icon that serves as one of the most important formative religious and national symbols in the history of Mexico. Poole’s groundbreaking first edition of Our Lady of Guadalupe was the first ever to examine in depth every historical source of the Guadalupe apparitions. In this revised edition, Poole employs additional sources and commentary to further challenge common interpretations and assumptions about the Guadalupan tradition.
For decades, Stafford Poole has stood at the forefront of scholarship on the historicity of the Virgin of Guadalupe, an icon that serves as one of the most important formative religious and national symbols in the history of Mexico. Poole’s groundbreaking first edition of Our Lady of Guadalupe was the first ever to examine in depth every historical source of the Guadalupe apparitions. In this revised edition, Poole employs additional sources and commentary to further challenge common interpretations and assumptions about the Guadalupan tradition.
