TY - BOOK ID - 117731167 TI - The Worlds of Junipero Serra : Historical Contexts and Cultural Representations PY - 2018 SN - 0520968166 9780520968165 9780520968165 0520295390 9780520295391 PB - Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, DB - UniCat KW - Indians of North America KW - Slavery and the church KW - Indians, Treatment of KW - Missions, Spanish KW - Indians KW - Church and slavery KW - Church KW - Missions KW - History KW - History. KW - Government relations KW - Serra, Junípero, KW - Serra, Miguel José, KW - Junípero, KW - Serra, KW - Serra, Juníper, KW - Serra Ferrer, José, KW - Serra Ferrer, Miguel José, KW - Ferrer, Miguel José Serra, KW - Franciscans KW - Alcantarines KW - Bernardyni KW - Cordeliers KW - Discalced Friars Minor KW - Família Franciscana KW - Frades Menores KW - Frailes Menores KW - Franciscains KW - Franciscains mineurs KW - Franciscan Discalceati KW - Franciscan Order KW - Franciscan Reformati KW - Franciszkanie KW - Frant︠s︡iskanskiĭ orden KW - Frant︠s︡iskant︠s︡y KW - Frati minori KW - Fratres minores KW - Frères mineurs KW - Friars, Gray KW - Friars Minor KW - Gråbrøderne KW - Gray Friars KW - Grey Friars KW - Mala braća KW - Minderbrüder KW - Minoriten KW - Minorites KW - O.F.M. KW - Observants KW - OFM KW - Ojcowie Franciszkanie KW - Ordem dos Frades Menores KW - Ordem dos Franciscanos KW - Ordem Franciscana KW - Orden de Frailes Menores KW - Orden de los Frailes Menores KW - Orden Franciscana KW - Orden sv. Frant︠s︡iska KW - Order of Friars Minor KW - Ordine dei Frati Minori KW - Ordine dei minori KW - Ordre des frères franciscains mineurs KW - Ordo Fratrum Minorum KW - Reformati KW - Reformed Franciscans KW - Seraphic Order KW - Capuchins KW - Conventuals KW - Franciscan Recollects KW - California KW - Junípero Serra, saint, 1713-1784 KW - Missions espagnoles -- Mexique KW - Missions espagnoles -- Californie (États-Unis) KW - Franciscains -- Mexique KW - Franciscains -- Californie (États-Unis) KW - Indiens d'Amérique -- Californie (États-Unis) KW - Actes de congrès KW - Iuniperus Serra KW - 18th century. KW - architecture. KW - art. KW - bible. KW - california missions. KW - california. KW - canonization. KW - catholicism. KW - christianity. KW - cloister. KW - college of san fernando. KW - colonial saint. KW - conversion. KW - historical figures. KW - historical memory. KW - historical men. KW - history. KW - indigenous peoples. KW - indigenous religion. KW - jose de paez. KW - junipero serra. KW - mexico. KW - mission san carlos. KW - mission style. KW - missionary. KW - monk. KW - nonfiction. KW - pope francis. KW - religion. KW - religious leaders. KW - religious men. KW - saint. KW - sainthood. KW - spain. KW - spanish colony. KW - spanish saint. KW - state history. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:117731167 AB - As one of America's most important missionaries, Junípero Serra is widely recognized as the founding father of California's missions. It was for that work that he was canonized in 2015 by Pope Francis. Less well known, however, is the degree to which Junípero Serra embodied the social, religious and artistic currents that shaped Spain and Mexico across the 18th century. Further, Serra's reception in American culture in the 19th and 20th centuries has often been obscured by the controversies surrounding his treatment of California's Indians. This volume situates Serra in the larger Spanish and Mexican contexts within which he lived, learned, and came of age. Offering a rare glimpse into Serra's life, these essays capture the full complexity of cultural trends and developments that paved the way for this powerful missionary to become not only California's most polarizing historical figure but also North America's first Spanish colonial saint. ER -