Abstract
The Franciscan missionaries in the New World, especially those in the sixteenth century, were remarkably successful in the creation of missions, the evangelization of native peoples, and the development of “hispanized” communities. The personality of their founder, St. Francis of Assisi, as well as the Franciscan community’s approach to evangelism, contributed to their success among the native peoples. The Franciscans modified their own practices and syncretized them with native cultures, making them widely accepted by the inhabitants of the New World.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Notes
Henry Thode, Franz von Assisi und die Anfänge der Kunst der Renaissance in Italien (Wien: Phaidon-Verlag, 1934).
J. Hoeberichts, Francis and Islam (Quincy, IL: Franciscan Press, 1997), p. 28.
Miguel Leon-Portilla, Los Franciscanos: Vistos por el Hombre Nahuatl (Mexico: Centro de Estudios Bernadino, 1985), p. 23.
John Leddy Phelan, The Millennial Kingdom of the Franciscans in the New World (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1956), p. 45.
Fr. Zaphyr Englehardt, OFM, The Missions and Missionaries of California, Vol. VII (Chicago: Franciscan Herald Press, 1930), p. 570.
Francisco Palou, Life and Apostolic Labors of the Venerable Father Junipero Serra: Founder of the Franciscan Missions of California, trans. C. Scott Williams (Pasadena, CA: George Wharton James Press, 1913), p. 169.
Ramon Gurierrez, When Jesus Came the Corn Mothers Went Away (Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 1991) p. 66.
Juan Focher, Itinerario de Misionero en America (Madrid: Libreria General Victoriano Suarez, 1966), p. vii.
Bernard McGinn, The Calabrian Abbot Jaochim of Fiore in the History of Western Thought (New York: Macmillan, 1985), p. 3.
Hugh Nutini, Todos Santos in Rural Oxcala (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1988), p. 90.
James Ivey, “Convenio Kivas in the Missions of New Mexico,” New Mexico Historical Review (1998): 46 and 127 [21–151].
James Sandos, “Converting California: Indians and Franciscans in the Mission, 1769–1836,” The Journal of the California Missions Studies Association (2003): 8–9 [5–10].
Editor information
Copyright information
© 2009 Cynthia Ho, Beth A. Mulvaney, and John K. Downey
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Heap, F., Gonzales, J.J. (2009). Franciscans in the New World. In: Ho, C., Mulvaney, B.A., Downey, J.K. (eds) Finding Saint Francis in Literature and Art. The New Middle Ages. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230623736_7
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230623736_7
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, New York
Print ISBN: 978-1-349-37123-5
Online ISBN: 978-0-230-62373-6
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts CollectionLiterature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)