- José Arlegui
José Arlegui (c. 1686-1750) was a Spanish
Franciscan theologian of the eighteenth century, fromBiscay , who wrote on theological subjects, some of them related to theethnology ofMexico .Life
He was first attached to the Franciscan province of
Cantabria , then transferred toZacatecas in Mexico.Works
His most important work was the "Cronica de Zacatecas", which was published in 1737. He gives an account of the missions in his province, including many reports on the native Americans of Zacatecas. This is a major primary source for them, who are otherwise hardly touched by contemporary published documents, and of the first attempts to convert them to Christianity.
References
*"Cronica de la Provincia de Zacatecas", 1737. Very rare. *
Beristain de Souza , "Biblioteca Hispano-Americana setentrional" (Mexico, 1816), I;
*Casual mention also in the "Documentos para la Historia de Mexico", first and second series.
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