Author: Francisco PalóuPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
Biography of Serra, from his birth in Mallorca, his early work in Mexico, and the establishing of the missions in California.
Life of Fray Junípero Serra
Author: Francisco PalóuPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
Biography of Serra, from his birth in Mallorca, his early work in Mexico, and the establishing of the missions in California.
The Life and Times of Fray Junípero Serra, O.F.M.
Author: Maynard J. GeigerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Biography of Serra, from his birth in Mallorca, his early work in Mexico, and the establishing of the missions in California.
Junipero Serra
Author: Steven W. HackelPublisher: Hill and Wang
ISBN: 0374711097
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
A portrait of the priest and colonialist who is one of the most important figures in California's history In the 1770s, just as Britain's American subjects were freeing themselves from the burdens of colonial rule, Spaniards moved up the California coast to build frontier outposts of empire and church. At the head of this effort was Junípero Serra, an ambitious Franciscan who hoped to convert California Indians to Catholicism and turn them into European-style farmers. For his efforts, he has been beatified by the Catholic Church and widely celebrated as the man who laid the foundation for modern California. But his legacy is divisive. The missions Serra founded would devastate California's Native American population, and much more than his counterparts in colonial America, he remains a contentious and contested figure to this day. Steven W. Hackel's groundbreaking biography, Junípero Serra: California's Founding Father, is the first to remove Serra from the realm of polemic and place him within the currents of history. Born into a poor family on the Spanish island of Mallorca, Serra joined the Franciscan order and rose to prominence as a priest and professor through his feats of devotion and powers of intellect. But he could imagine no greater service to God than converting Indians, and in 1749 he set off for the new world. In Mexico, Serra first worked as a missionary to Indians and as an uncompromising agent of the Inquisition. He then became an itinerant preacher, gaining a reputation as a mesmerizing orator who could inspire, enthrall, and terrify his audiences at will. With a potent blend of Franciscan piety and worldly cunning, he outmaneuvered Spanish royal officials, rival religious orders, and avaricious settlers to establish himself as a peerless frontier administrator. In the culminating years of his life, he extended Spanish dominion north, founding and promoting missions in present-day San Diego, Los Angeles, Monterey, and San Francisco. But even Serra could not overcome the forces massing against him. California's military leaders rarely shared his zeal, Indians often opposed his efforts, and ultimately the missions proved to be cauldrons of disease and discontent. Serra, in his hope to save souls, unwittingly helped bring about the massive decline of California's indigenous population. On the three-hundredth anniversary of Junípero Serra's birth, Hackel's complex, authoritative biography tells the full story of a man whose life and legacies continue to be both celebrated and denounced. Based on exhaustive research and a vivid narrative, this is an essential portrait of America's least understood founder.
Francisco Palou's Life and Apostolic Labors of the Venerable Father Junípero Serra, Founder of the Franciscan Missions of California
Author: Francisco PalóuPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Life and Times of Fray Junipero Serra, V1-2
Author: Maynard J. GeigerPublisher:
ISBN: 9781258031176
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1014
Book Description
The Man who Founded California
Author: Maurice N. L. Couve de MurvillePublisher: Ignatius Press
ISBN: 9780898707519
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
The Archbishop of Birmingham, England, presents a popular but thorough biography of Blessed Junipero Serra, the tireless Franciscan missionary who came to California in the 18th century to evangelize the Indians. Well-known for the historic missions which he helped establish all along the coast from San Diego to San Francisco, Father Serra is even recognized by the secular society of the U.S. government as the "founder of California". His larger than life-size statue stands in a hall of the U.S. Capital as one of the pioneers who created the United States of America. Archbishop de Murville presents a historical and spiritual biography of Serra from his childhood and student days in Majorca, Spain, to his time in Mexico, and to his great missionary work in California. Recently beatified by Pope John Paul II, Father Serra's presence and work is still very much alive through the beautiful missions that are visited by millions every year.
The Life and Times of Fray Junípero Serra, O.F.M. Or The Man who Never Turned Back
Author: Maynard J. GeigerFrancisco Palou's Life and Apostolic Labors of the Venerable Father Junípero Serra
Author: Francisco PalóuPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
The Worlds of Junipero Serra
Author: Steven W. HackelPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520968166
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
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.
Author: Maynard Joseph Geiger