Child Martyrs and Militant Evangelization in New Spain Tom Boellstorff especially his return to remarkably

especially his return to remarkably similar themes later in life

and politically adroit engineers of the Progressive Era

Interest in the subject is so widespread that one knowledgeable source compared gun lovers' fascination with the Springfield Rifle to auto buffs' for the Model T

an authority who practices many of the traditions of tanning and hiding

Child Martyrs and Militant Evangelization in New Spain Tom Boellstorff especially his return to remarkablyExamines the many iterations of a story of child martyrdom in colonial Mexico. A cornerstone of the evangelization of early New Spain was the conversion of Nahua boys, especially the children of elites. They were to be emissaries between Nahua society and foreign missionaries, hastening the transmission of the gospel. Under the tutelage of Franciscan friars, the boys also learned to act with militant zeal. They sermonized and smashed sacred objects.