Jonathan Truitt
Biographic Data
| ID | 456664 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonathan Truitt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Truitt |
| SIGNATURE | TRUITT J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Central Michigan University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Cameron D. Jones. In Service of Two Masters
In Service of Two Masters: The Missionaries of Ocopa, Indigenous Resistance, and Spanish Governance in Bourbon Peru is an excellent examination of the history of the Ocopa missionaries. Part of the Franciscan order, these missionaries were predominantly Spanish-born priests who embraced Bourbon Reform ideas as well as early colonial conversion strategies. In his examination of the Ocopa enterprise, Cameron D. Jones shows how a reform movement wit…
The First Letter from New Spain
From the moment that I opened The First Letter from New Spain to its conclusion, I found myself ridiculously excited about the material. At many points I questioned my own objectivity in reviewing a book whose topic created a childlike glee. In the end John F. Schwaller and Helen Nader did not disappoint. In ways the book unfolds like a conquest story of its own. The authors start with a sense of discovery, the type that every historian hopes to …
Native Wills from the Colonial Americas
"Native Wills from the Colonial Americas showcases new testamentary sources from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. It provides readers with translations and analyses of wills written in Spanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya, K’iche’ Maya, Mixtec, and Wampanoag. Divided into three thematic sections, the book provides insights and details that further our understanding of indigenous life in the Americas under colonial rule. Part One employs testa…
Painting a Map of Sixteenth-Century Mexico City
Journal Article Painting a Map of Sixteenth-Century Mexico City: Land, Writing, and Native Rule, ed. Mary E. Miller and Barbara E. Mundy Get access Painting a Map of Sixteenth-Century Mexico City: Land, Writing, and Native Rule, ed. Mary E. Miller and Barbara E. Mundy (New Haven, CT: Yale U.P., 2012; pp. 216. £55). Jonathan Truitt Jonathan Truitt Central Michigan University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar …
After Moctezuma
Book Review| January 01 2013 After Moctezuma: Indigenous Politics and Self-Government in Mexico City, 1524–1730 After Moctezuma: Indigenous Politics and Self-Government in Mexico City, 1524–1730. By Connell, William F.. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2011. vii + 316 pp., illustrations, tables, map, introduction, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. $45.00 cloth.) Jonathan Truitt Jonathan Truitt Search for other works by this author on: T…
Aztecs on Stage
A Flock Divided
Social Memory in Ancient and Colonial Mesoamerica
Book Review| April 01 2012 Social Memory in Ancient and Colonial Mesoamerica Social Memory in Ancient and Colonial Mesoamerica. By Megged, Amos. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010. xiii + 342 pp., figures, epilogue, appendix, bibliography, index. $95.00 cloth.) Jonathan Truitt Jonathan Truitt Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnohistory (2012) 59 (2): 435–437. https://doi.org/10.1215/00141801-1537047 Cite Icon …
Adopted Pedagogies
In 1519 Spanish conquistadors arrived on the shores of Mesoamerica under the leadership of Hernando Cortés. Following the defeat of Mexico-Tenochtidan, the Aztec capital, Cortés requested that members of the Franciscan order be sent from Spain to lead the conversion effort. In 1523 the first three Franciscans arrived, among them fray Pedro de Gante. One year later another 12 Franciscans made the journey. They established themselves in the southea…
Courting Catholicism
Using Spanish- and Nahuatl-language sources, this article examines the interaction of Nahua women in Mexico City with the Catholic Church. By examining Nahua women's role in colonial Christianity-their religiosity (as admired by European and indigenous chroniclers), responsibilities in convents, and participation in religious brotherhoods and theatrical performances-their influence in their society becomes apparent. Nahua women's religious respon…
Being "Dutch" In the Indies
Book Review| April 01 2010 Being “Dutch” In the Indies: A History of Creolisation and Empire, 1500–1920 . By Ulbe Bosma and Remco Raben. Translated by Wendie Shaffer. (Athens: Ohio University Press and National University of Singapore, 2008. xx + 439 pp., illustrations, prologue, glossary, bibliography, index. $28.00 paper.) Jonathan Truitt Jonathan Truitt Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnohistory (2010) 57 (2): 352–…
Courting Catholicism
Using Spanish- and Nahuatl-language sources, this article examines the interaction of Nahua women in Mexico City with the Catholic Church. By examining Nahua women's role in colonial Christianity-their religiosity (as admired by European and indigenous chroniclers), responsibilities in convents, and participation in religious brotherhoods and theatrical performances-their influence in their society becomes apparent. Nahua women's religious respon…
Adopted Pedagogies
In 1519 Spanish conquistadors arrived on the shores of Mesoamerica under the leadership of Hernando Cortés. Following the defeat of Mexico-Tenochtidan, the Aztec capital, Cortés requested that members of the Franciscan order be sent from Spain to lead the conversion effort. In 1523 the first three Franciscans arrived, among them fray Pedro de Gante. One year later another 12 Franciscans made the journey. They established themselves in the southea…
Courting Catholicism
Using Spanish- and Nahuatl-language sources, this article examines the interaction of Nahua women in Mexico City with the Catholic Church. By examining Nahua women's role in colonial Christianity-their religiosity (as admired by European and indigenous chroniclers), responsibilities in convents, and participation in religious brotherhoods and theatrical performances-their influence in their society becomes apparent. Nahua women's religious respon…
Being "Dutch" In the Indies
Book Review| April 01 2010 Being “Dutch” In the Indies: A History of Creolisation and Empire, 1500–1920 . By Ulbe Bosma and Remco Raben. Translated by Wendie Shaffer. (Athens: Ohio University Press and National University of Singapore, 2008. xx + 439 pp., illustrations, prologue, glossary, bibliography, index. $28.00 paper.) Jonathan Truitt Jonathan Truitt Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnohistory (2010) 57 (2): 352–…
Aztecs on Stage
A Flock Divided
Social Memory in Ancient and Colonial Mesoamerica
Book Review| April 01 2012 Social Memory in Ancient and Colonial Mesoamerica Social Memory in Ancient and Colonial Mesoamerica. By Megged, Amos. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010. xiii + 342 pp., figures, epilogue, appendix, bibliography, index. $95.00 cloth.) Jonathan Truitt Jonathan Truitt Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnohistory (2012) 59 (2): 435–437. https://doi.org/10.1215/00141801-1537047 Cite Icon …
After Moctezuma
Book Review| January 01 2013 After Moctezuma: Indigenous Politics and Self-Government in Mexico City, 1524–1730 After Moctezuma: Indigenous Politics and Self-Government in Mexico City, 1524–1730. By Connell, William F.. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2011. vii + 316 pp., illustrations, tables, map, introduction, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. $45.00 cloth.) Jonathan Truitt Jonathan Truitt Search for other works by this author on: T…
Native Wills from the Colonial Americas
"Native Wills from the Colonial Americas showcases new testamentary sources from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. It provides readers with translations and analyses of wills written in Spanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya, K’iche’ Maya, Mixtec, and Wampanoag. Divided into three thematic sections, the book provides insights and details that further our understanding of indigenous life in the Americas under colonial rule. Part One employs testa…
Painting a Map of Sixteenth-Century Mexico City
Journal Article Painting a Map of Sixteenth-Century Mexico City: Land, Writing, and Native Rule, ed. Mary E. Miller and Barbara E. Mundy Get access Painting a Map of Sixteenth-Century Mexico City: Land, Writing, and Native Rule, ed. Mary E. Miller and Barbara E. Mundy (New Haven, CT: Yale U.P., 2012; pp. 216. £55). Jonathan Truitt Jonathan Truitt Central Michigan University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar …
The First Letter from New Spain
From the moment that I opened The First Letter from New Spain to its conclusion, I found myself ridiculously excited about the material. At many points I questioned my own objectivity in reviewing a book whose topic created a childlike glee. In the end John F. Schwaller and Helen Nader did not disappoint. In ways the book unfolds like a conquest story of its own. The authors start with a sense of discovery, the type that every historian hopes to …
Cameron D. Jones. In Service of Two Masters
In Service of Two Masters: The Missionaries of Ocopa, Indigenous Resistance, and Spanish Governance in Bourbon Peru is an excellent examination of the history of the Ocopa missionaries. Part of the Franciscan order, these missionaries were predominantly Spanish-born priests who embraced Bourbon Reform ideas as well as early colonial conversion strategies. In his examination of the Ocopa enterprise, Cameron D. Jones shows how a reform movement wit…
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