 The cover of Monarchia indiana, by Fray Juan de Torquemada. For others with similar names, see Torquemada (disambiguation) Historical people named Torquemada Tomás de Torquemada, a 15th century leader of the Spanish Inquisition Juan de Torquemada, a 15th century Cardinal and author Fray Juan de Torquemada, a 17th century Franciscan historian of the Aztecs Fictional people named Torquemada Alonzo Torquemada, a character on the HBO drama Oz...
Fray (or Brother) Juan de Torquemada (1564 - 1624) was a Franciscan friar, missionary and historian in Spanish colonial Mexico. He is most famous for his 1615 history of the Aztecs entitled Los veinte y un libros rituales y Monarchia Indiana, or simply Monarchia Indiana ("Indian Monarchies"). This work, which has never been published in English, was reprinted in Spanish in 1969 as volumes 41 - 43 of the Biblioteca Porrua. Events March 27 — Naples bans kissing in public under the penalty of death June 22 — Fort Caroline, the first French attempt at colonizing the New World September 10 — The Battle of Kawanakajima Ottoman Turks invade Malta Modern pencil becomes common in England Conquistadors crossed the Pacific Spanish founded a colony...
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The Order of Friars Minor and other Franciscan movements are disciples of Saint Francis of Assisi. ...
A friar is a member of a religious mendicant order of men. ...
The Aztecs were a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. ...
In 1610 Torquemada oversaw construction of the Monastery and Church of Santiago Tlatelolco. Its interior featured a grandiose altarpiece decorated with paintings by Baltasar de Echave Orio surrounding a hand-carved relief of Santiago.[1] In 1614 Torquemada was appointed Guardian of the convent of Tlatelolco and was elected Provincial superior of the Order of St. Francis in Mexico.[2] Tlaltelolco is an area in Mexico City, centered on the Plaza de las Tres Culturas, a square surrounded on three sides by an excavated Aztec pyramid, the 17th century church Templo de Santiago, and the modern office complex of the Mexican foreign ministry. ...
Saint James the Great (d. ...
A provincial superior is a major superior of a religious order acting under the orders superior general and exercising a general supervision over all the local superiors in a territorial division of the order called a province (not to be confused with an ecclesiastical province which is a group...
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