Daily Life in Colonial Mexico The Journey of Friar Ilarione Da Bergamo, 1761-1768 |
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| Author:
| Bergamo, Friar Ilarione da |
| Editor:
| Miller, Robert Ryal |
| Edited and Translated by:
| Orr, William J. |
| Series title: | American Exploration and Travel Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8061-3234-1 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2000 |
| Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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In 1761 Ilarione da Bergamo, a Capuchin friar, journeyed to Mexico to gather alms for foreign missions. After harrowing voyages across the Mediterranean and Atlantic, he reached Mexico City in 1763. His account reveals the squalor, crime, and other perils in the viceregal capital, and details daily life: food, public hygiene, sexual morality, medical practices, and popular diversions. His observations about religious life are particularly valuable. Ilarione also describes mining...
More DescriptionIn 1761 Ilarione da Bergamo, a Capuchin friar, journeyed to Mexico to gather alms for foreign missions. After harrowing voyages across the Mediterranean and Atlantic, he reached Mexico City in 1763. His account reveals the squalor, crime, and other perils in the viceregal capital, and details daily life: food, public hygiene, sexual morality, medical practices, and popular diversions. His observations about religious life are particularly valuable. Ilarione also describes mining and refining techniques, recounts a bitter and bloody miners' strike, and recalls traveling across bandit-infested wilderness to Guadalajara.