Urban Plan, Architecture, and the Geography of the Sacred in Colonial Morelos

Robert H. Jackson, Ph.D (1988), University of California, Berkeley, is an independent scholar living in Mexico City. He specializes in Latin American History, and his most recent book is The Bourbon Reforms and the Remaking of Spanish Frontier Missions (Brill, 2022). Leonardo Meraz Quintana, M.A. (1993), York University, is Professor Emeritus at UAM Xochimilco, Mexico City, where he taught architectural conservation. His books include Fundaciones monásticas en la Sierra Nevada. Historia y medioambiente (UAM, 2017).

 2 Land

 3 Conclusions



4 The First Doctrina Complexes

 1 The Augustinian Doctrina of Metztitlán

 2 The First Doctrina Complex at Tepoztlán

 3 The Franciscan Doctrina la Asunción in Mérida, Yucatán

 4 Conclusions



5 Urban Plan and Development of the Communities in Northern Morelos

 1 Atlatlahucan

 2 Tlayacapan

 3 Urban Plan and Architecture of Other Communities

 4 Conclusions



6 Evangelizing the Plan de Amilpas

 1 The Dominican Visita Complex at Olintepec

 2 The Dominican Visita Complex at San Miguel Anenecuilco

 3 The Dominican Visita Complex at Santa Ana Cuautlixco

 4 The Franciscan/Dominican Visita Complex at San Hipólito Atenango “Las Bóvedas”

 5 The Franciscan/Dominican Visita Complex at Santa María de la Asunción Temimilcingo

 6 Conclusions



7 Creating Communities from Whole Cloth

  Conclusions



8 Conclusions



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  San Mateo Atlatlahucan (Augustinian)

  San Juan Bautista Tlayacapan (Augustinian)

  San Guillermo Totolapan (Augustinian)

  The paleo-Christian visita chapels of Ahuatlán (Totolapan)

  La Natividad Tepoztlán (Dominican)

  San Juan Bautista Yecapixtla (Augustinian)



Selected Bibliography

Index