Amy G. Remensnyder is Associate Professor of History, Brown University. She is the author of Remembering Kings Past: Monastic Foundation Legends in Medieval Southern France and co-editor of the forthcoming Why the Middle Ages Matter.

Remensnyder's volume has the merit of uniting the history of the Spanish Reconquest and the conquest of the new continent. It brings together literature and history in a refreshing way. Both these approaches are too infrequently followed.

• Acknowledgments ; Introduction: New Mexico, 1992 ; Part One: The Virgin and the Reconquest ; Introduction ; 1. Marian Monarchs and the Virgin's Realm ; 2. Heroes and History ; 3. In a Man's World ; Part Two: Spiritual Politics ; Introduction ; 4. Mary's Enemies, Mary's Friends ; 5. Lady of the Enemies ; 6. Mother of Conversion ; Part Three: New Worlds ; Introduction ; 7. Marian Conquistadors and Lay Evangelists ; 8. Our Precious Mother ; 9. Relics of the Conquest ; 10. The Return of the Virgin ; Epilogue: Medieval New Mexico and Mestizaje ; Notes ; Select Bibliography ; Index

Amy G. Remensnyder is Associate Professor of History, Brown University. She is the author of Remembering Kings Past: Monastic Foundation Legends in Medieval Southern France and co-editor of the forthcoming Why the Middle Ages Matter.

Remensnyder's volume has the merit of uniting the history of the Spanish Reconquest and the conquest of the new continent. It brings together literature and history in a refreshing way. Both these approaches are too infrequently followed.

• Acknowledgments ; Introduction: New Mexico, 1992 ; Part One: The Virgin and the Reconquest ; Introduction ; 1. Marian Monarchs and the Virgin's Realm ; 2. Heroes and History ; 3. In a Man's World ; Part Two: Spiritual Politics ; Introduction ; 4. Mary's Enemies, Mary's Friends ; 5. Lady of the Enemies ; 6. Mother of Conversion ; Part Three: New Worlds ; Introduction ; 7. Marian Conquistadors and Lay Evangelists ; 8. Our Precious Mother ; 9. Relics of the Conquest ; 10. The Return of the Virgin ; Epilogue: Medieval New Mexico and Mestizaje ; Notes ; Select Bibliography ; Index

Amy G. Remensnyder is Associate Professor of History, Brown University. She is the author of Remembering Kings Past: Monastic Foundation Legends in Medieval Southern France and co-editor of the forthcoming Why the Middle Ages Matter.

Remensnyder's volume has the merit of uniting the history of the Spanish Reconquest and the conquest of the new continent. It brings together literature and history in a refreshing way. Both these approaches are too infrequently followed.

• Acknowledgments ; Introduction: New Mexico, 1992 ; Part One: The Virgin and the Reconquest ; Introduction ; 1. Marian Monarchs and the Virgin's Realm ; 2. Heroes and History ; 3. In a Man's World ; Part Two: Spiritual Politics ; Introduction ; 4. Mary's Enemies, Mary's Friends ; 5. Lady of the Enemies ; 6. Mother of Conversion ; Part Three: New Worlds ; Introduction ; 7. Marian Conquistadors and Lay Evangelists ; 8. Our Precious Mother ; 9. Relics of the Conquest ; 10. The Return of the Virgin ; Epilogue: Medieval New Mexico and Mestizaje ; Notes ; Select Bibliography ; Index