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Alone at the Altar
Single Women and Devotion
in Guatemala, 1670–1870
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Stanford University Press
Stanford, California
© 2018 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University.
All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by
any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording,
or in any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written
permission of Stanford University Press.
Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Leavitt-Alcántara, Brianna, author.
Title: Alone at the altar : single women and devotion in Guatemala,
1670–1870 / Brianna Leavitt-Alcántara.
Description: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2017. | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: lccn 2017028675 (print) | lccn 2017030514 (ebook) |
isbn 9781503604391 (electronic) | isbn 9781503603684 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subjects: lcsh: Single women—Religious life—Guatemala—History. | Catholic
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For Salvador, Mateo, and Joaquín
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Contents
Tables, Maps, and Figures ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
part i. spiritual capital: devotional networks
and a religious renaissance 17
1. City of Women, City of God: Poor, Single,
and Holy in Santiago de Guatemala 19
2. Unlikely Allies: Missionaries and Laywomen 41
3. Sex, Honor, and Devotion 72
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Tables, Maps, and Figures
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1. Number of will-makers per sampled years
and per 20-year period 11
2. Number of male and female will-makers per
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3. Number of elite and non-elite female will-
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1.1. Map of colonial borders of the audiencia
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