Paradise and Perdition

Jesuit Visions of Santiago, Chile, before and after the Earthquake of 1647

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2832899
AutoresCatherine Burdick (0000-0003-3835-3138, autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Volumen99
Número4
Páginas589-618
Fecha de publicación2019-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHispanic American Historical Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0018-2168 • E-ISSN: 1527-1900
EditorialDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1215/00182168-7787142
OpenAlexW2982448941
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas22

This study inserts Santiago, Chile, into contemporary discussions of colonial Latin America by reading two Jesuit documents-a map and a letter-created prior to and following the devastating earthquake of 1647, respectively. Alonso de Ovalle's Prospectiva y planta de la ciudad de Santiago (1646) presents an urban paradise in accordance with Spanish and Catholic ideals, a New World Jerusalem. This depiction is juxtaposed with a letter by Juan González Chaparro that describes postearthquake Santiago as "ruined at the powerful hand of the Almighty." Focusing on the 1647 earthquake's religious dimensions and perceived causes, the study concludes that the religious authorities of Santiago stand out in the colonial Spanish Americas for assigning fault for such a disaster to their city's elites rather than to its underclasses

Archaeology · Art · Art history · Colonialism · Depiction · Ethnology · Humanities · Latin Americans · Literature · Paradise · Political science · Reading (process) · Sociology · Vision · Anthropology · Early Modern Spanish Literature · Early Modern Women Writers · History · Latin American history and culture · Law