Defying the Inquisition in Colonial New Mexico: Miguel de Quintana's Life and Writings
Miguel de Quintana was among those arriving in New Mexico with Diego de Vargas in 1694. He was active in his village of Santa Cruz de la Cañada where he was a notary and secretary to the alcalde mayor, functioning as a quasi-attorney. Being unusually literate, he also wrote personal poetry for himself and religious plays for his community. His conflicted life with local authorities began in 1734, when he was accused of being a heretic. What unfolded was a personal drama of intrigue before the colonial Inquisition.

Francisco A. Lomelí and Clark Colahan dug deep into Inquisition archives to recover Quintana's writings, the second earliest in Hispanic New Mexico's literary heritage. First, they present an essay focused on Church and society in colonial New Mexico and on Quintana's life. The second portion is a translation of and critical look at Quintana's poetry and religious plays.
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Defying the Inquisition in Colonial New Mexico: Miguel de Quintana's Life and Writings
Miguel de Quintana was among those arriving in New Mexico with Diego de Vargas in 1694. He was active in his village of Santa Cruz de la Cañada where he was a notary and secretary to the alcalde mayor, functioning as a quasi-attorney. Being unusually literate, he also wrote personal poetry for himself and religious plays for his community. His conflicted life with local authorities began in 1734, when he was accused of being a heretic. What unfolded was a personal drama of intrigue before the colonial Inquisition.

Francisco A. Lomelí and Clark Colahan dug deep into Inquisition archives to recover Quintana's writings, the second earliest in Hispanic New Mexico's literary heritage. First, they present an essay focused on Church and society in colonial New Mexico and on Quintana's life. The second portion is a translation of and critical look at Quintana's poetry and religious plays.
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Defying the Inquisition in Colonial New Mexico: Miguel de Quintana's Life and Writings

Defying the Inquisition in Colonial New Mexico: Miguel de Quintana's Life and Writings

Defying the Inquisition in Colonial New Mexico: Miguel de Quintana's Life and Writings

Defying the Inquisition in Colonial New Mexico: Miguel de Quintana's Life and Writings

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Miguel de Quintana was among those arriving in New Mexico with Diego de Vargas in 1694. He was active in his village of Santa Cruz de la Cañada where he was a notary and secretary to the alcalde mayor, functioning as a quasi-attorney. Being unusually literate, he also wrote personal poetry for himself and religious plays for his community. His conflicted life with local authorities began in 1734, when he was accused of being a heretic. What unfolded was a personal drama of intrigue before the colonial Inquisition.

Francisco A. Lomelí and Clark Colahan dug deep into Inquisition archives to recover Quintana's writings, the second earliest in Hispanic New Mexico's literary heritage. First, they present an essay focused on Church and society in colonial New Mexico and on Quintana's life. The second portion is a translation of and critical look at Quintana's poetry and religious plays.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780826339591
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Publication date: 03/01/2018
Series: Pasó Por Aquí Series on the Nuevomexicano Literary Heritage
Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: eBook
Pages: 248
File size: 6 MB

About the Author

Francisco A. Lomelí is a professor emeritus of Chicana/o studies and Spanish and Portuguese at UC-Santa Barbara. He is the author, coauthor, and coeditor of forty books, including a landmark translation of Alejandro Morales' Barrio on the Edge and Aztlán: Essays on the Chicano Homeland (UNM Press).

ClarkA.ColahanisaprofessoremeritusofSpanishatWhitmanCollege,WallaWalla,Washington.HeisalsotheauthorofTheVisionsofSorMaríadeAgreda:WritingKnowledgeandPower.
Clark A. Colahan is a professor emeritus of Spanish at Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington. He is also the author of The Visions of Sor María de Agreda: Writing Knowledge and Power.
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