“A complete and admirable compendium”: Viewing Eighteenth-Century New Spain through Gerónimo de Ripalda's Catecismo

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dc.contributor.advisorKiddle, Amelia M.
dc.contributor.advisorKraay, Hendrik
dc.contributor.authorRocha Larson, Amy
dc.contributor.committeememberKiddle, Amelia M.
dc.contributor.committeememberKraay, Hendrik
dc.contributor.committeememberMoore, Anne
dc.contributor.committeememberSchmidt, Rachel
dc.contributor.committeememberCampbell, Lyndsay M.
dc.date2021-06
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-26T20:02:44Z
dc.date.available2021-01-26T20:02:44Z
dc.date.issued2021-01-20
dc.description.abstractCatechisms represent the most basic and concise form of instruction in religious education. The doctrine presented in the catechism forms the foundation for theological development and sets a standard requirement for belonging in the faith community. In eighteenth-century New Spain, the most popular catechism was the Spanish Jesuit Gerónimo de Ripalda’s Catecismo de la doctrina christiana. Though available in the viceroyalty from the 1600s, by the next century Ripalda’s catechism reached the apogee of its popularity, used not only in catechesis but to teach reading in primary schools. This widespread use and popularity connected the catechism to a myriad of processes and people within New Spain, linking their experiences and involving virtually all of the viceregal institutions. The high regard held for Ripalda’s catechism makes it a privileged point of access from which to view and analyze eighteenth-century New Spain. In this thesis, I use Inquisition denuncias from the eighteenth-century to examine the responses of three groups towards Ripalda’s catechism in New Spain: the complainants of the denuncias, the Tribunal of Mexico, and the quotidian population. These denuncias focus on printing errors, Jesuit doctrine and attempts to replace Ripalda’s catechism. Behind these surface complaints, the denuncias give even richer detail, adding nuance to the context of the Bourbon Reforms, the Santo Oficio, the American printing industry, and what Indigenous and non-Indigenous education looked like in New Spain. Because of its widespread and favoured use, Ripalda’s catechism evolved into something much more than the contents of its religious doctrine. It became intertwined within the identity of the people of New Spain, crossing class lines, caste boundaries and cultural divides to become a point of connection within that society.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRocha Larson, A. (2021). “A complete and admirable compendium”: Viewing Eighteenth-Century New Spain through Gerónimo de Ripalda's Catecismo (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/38586
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/113018
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectEighteenth Centuryen_US
dc.subjectNew Spainen_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjectCatechismen_US
dc.subjectPrint Publishingen_US
dc.subjectTypographyen_US
dc.subjectInquisitionen_US
dc.subjectTribunal of Mexicoen_US
dc.subjectBourbon Reformsen_US
dc.subjectPrimary Schoolingen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous Educationen_US
dc.subjectCatholicismen_US
dc.subjectDenunciasen_US
dc.subjectJesuit Expulsionen_US
dc.subjectBook Cultureen_US
dc.subjectTransatlantic Tradeen_US
dc.subjectSpainen_US
dc.subjectEducation Reformen_US
dc.subjectReform Catholicismen_US
dc.subjectEscuelasen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous Languagesen_US
dc.subjectLiteracyen_US
dc.subjectSanto Oficioen_US
dc.subjectGerónimo de Ripaldaen_US
dc.subjectLearning Religionen_US
dc.subject.classificationHistory--Latin Americanen_US
dc.title“A complete and admirable compendium”: Viewing Eighteenth-Century New Spain through Gerónimo de Ripalda's Catecismoen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineHistoryen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)en_US
ucalgary.item.requestcopytrueen_US
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