"The choice god makes of us": Religion, national identity and counterrevolution in the Independence of Mexico.
This paper examines the relationships between religion, national identity and counterrevolution in the context of the independence of Mexico (September 1821). The impact of the Spanish revolution in 1820 had deep reverberations among conservative groups in New Spain. In the reactionary cosmogony, th...
| Published in: | Journal of Iberian & Latin American Studies Vol. 27; no. 3; pp. 257 - 277 |
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