Background
Brading, David Anthony was born on August 26, 1936 in Ilford, Essex, England. Son of Ernest Arthur and Amy Mary (Driscoll) Brading.
(This book describes virtually all aspects of religious li...)
This book describes virtually all aspects of religious life in a Mexican diocese in the eighteenth century. It covers the Franciscan missionary colleges, the new Oratory at San Miguel, new convents and sisterhoods, confraternities and popular religion, the composition and earnings of the secular clergy, conflicts in the cathedral chapter, and the involvement of the clergy in the 1810 Insurgency. A central issue is the conflicts between Church and state and between the culture of baroque Catholicism and enlightened despotism.
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(In 1999 Pope John Paul II proclaimed Our Lady of Guadalup...)
In 1999 Pope John Paul II proclaimed Our Lady of Guadalupe a patron saint of the Americas. According to oral tradition and historical documents, in 1531 Mary appeared as a beautiful Aztec princess to Juan Diego, a poor Indian. Speaking to him in his own language, she asked him to tell the bishop her name was La Virgen de Guadalupe and that she wanted a church built on the mountain. During a second visit, the image of the Virgin miraculously appeared on his cape. Through the centuries, the enigmatic power of this image has aroused such fervent devotion in Mexico that it has served as the banner of the rebellion against Spanish rule and, despite skepticism and anticlericalism, still remains a potent symbol of the modern nation. In Mexican Phoenix, David Brading traces the intellectual origins, the sudden efflorescence, and the theology that has sustained the tradition of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Brading also documents the interaction of religion and patriotism, and describes how the image has served as a banner both for independence and for the Church in its struggle against the Liberal and revolutionary state. David Brading is Professor of Mexican History at the University of Cambridge. He began his career at the University of California, Berkeley, and at Yale University. He is also the author of Church and State in Bourbon Mexico (Cambridge, 1994), The First America (Cambridge, 1991), and Miners and Merchants in Bourban Mexico, 1730-1810 (Cambridge, 1971). Hb ISBN (2001): 0-521-80131-1
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The aim of this study is to define that distinctive blend of enlightened despotism and entrepreneurial talent which created Bourbon Mexico. The period 1763-1810 was a crucial and distinctive stage in the colonial history of Mexico. Jose de Gálvez, the dynamic minister of the Indies, transformed the system of government and restructured the economy. The ensuing 'golden age', far from being the culmination of two hundred years of steady development, sprang rather from a profound regeneration of the New World's Hispanic society. The chief success of Gálvez's policy was the unprecedented mining boom which made Mexico the world's chief silver producer. It was this silver boom which largely financed the revival of the political and economic power of the Spanish monarchy and, in Mexico itself, created a new aristocracy of merchant capitalists and silver millionaires.
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Brading, David Anthony was born on August 26, 1936 in Ilford, Essex, England. Son of Ernest Arthur and Amy Mary (Driscoll) Brading.
Bachelor, University Cambridge, 1960. Master of Arts, University Cambridge, 1965. Doctor of Letters, University Cambridge, 1991.
Doctor of Philosophy, University London, 1965.
Assistant professor University California, Berkeley, 1965-1971. Associate professor University Yale, New Haven, 1971-1973. University lecturer University Cambridge, 1973-1992, university reader, 1992-1999.
Fellow Clare Hall, Cambridge, since 1995, professor Mexican history, 1999—2003, professor emeritus, since 2003.
(The aim of this study is to define that distinctive blend...)
(This book describes virtually all aspects of religious li...)
(In 1999 Pope John Paul II proclaimed Our Lady of Guadalup...)
Fellow British Academy.
Married Celia W. Brading, January 27, 1966. 1 child, Christopher.