Cantores del Corpus Christi

When Friar Diego Bringas penned his 1796–97 report on conditions in northwestern New Spain, he was imbued with an enthusiastic drive for reform. Hoping to gain the King of Spain’s support in improving the missionary program, Bringas set down a detailed history of all that had happened in the region since Father Kino’s day. His writings offer a valuable study of Spanish attempts to bring about cultural change among the Piman Indians. Daniel S. Matson and Bernard L. Fontana have translated the Bringas document and added an informative introduction, notes, and references. They analyze...

"Inventario de los libros que han tenido ingreso en la secretaría de la Real academía," 1922-29, with v. 83, 85, 87, 89, 91-92, 96, 99.

"Se ha dicho que en Grecia nos encontramos con obras hechas por hombres de nuestra misma especie. Y es muy cierto, si con ello se pretende indicar la especial consonancia del hombre occidental con la Hélade. El mundo griego fue la cuna de Occidente, la primera semilla de la que germinó nuestro propio mundo. Cuando se estudia su legado, lo hacemos con una actitud muy distinta de la que tomaríamos si estudiáramos el antiguo Egipto, la civilización china, o la milenaria cultura hindú. Porque a pesar de la distancia que nos separa de ellos, comprendemos casi connaturalmente los valores de...

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