Conquista y Conversión
Universos semióticos, textualidad y legitimación de saberes en la América colonial
Wulf Oesterreicher, Roland Schmidt-Riese
This volume examines the symbolic systems that governed America’s integration into the European weltanschauung,including Amerindian myths and religious beliefs, and concepts of Christian belief, as introduced and taught by the Europeans. Thiscollection of essayspresents a detailed examination of political, legal, theological, and historiographic problems associated with this process.