Descorriendo velos en las ciencias sociales

Se analiza el nivel político alcanzado por las masas populares, la demanda por cambios radicales en la institucionalidad del Estado, el rechazo al sistema de dominación y a los partidos burgueses tradicionales, etc.

"Publishes - mostly for the first time - 31 relaciones dating from 1552-1648 and covering themes ranging from the organization and staffing of the Diocese of Quito to complaints of caciques, indios principales, and pueblos regarding abuses by the clergy. A major set of primary materials not only for Ecuadorian church history but more importantly for study of the interaction between conquerors and conquered and the persistence of autochthonous beliefs and practices during the early colonial period. Includes a solid introductory study"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

The religious texts written by Sr. Getrudes de San Ildefonso, Carmelite nun, born in Quito, were transcribed by her spiritual father and confessor, Martín de la Cruz, who, with theological commentary, increased the nun's devout pages until generating 2,000 pages in three volumes of prose and 39 illustrations: the manuscript entitled: "The pearl mystica, hidden in the shell of humility" (1700-1718). Catalina Andrango-Walker, Carmen Fernández-Salvador, Regina Harrison and Alison Weber analyze this work in order to expose the richness of the manuscript: the confessor-nun relationship, the...