The Spiritual Conquest Reexamined: Baptism and Christian Marriage in Early Sixteenth-Century Mexico

Baptism and Becoming a Christian in the New Testament

The purpose of this article is to investigate how baptism is related to the experience of conversion in the New Testament. As a result I shall not deal with the following important subjects: the meaning of the term “to baptize” (baptidzein is generally conceded to mean “to dip or immerse”); the origin of Christian baptism (it is probably not dependent upon Jewish proselyte baptism since there i...

The Role of Language in Accusations of Witchcraft in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Spain

Linguistic factors played a significant role in the origin and spread of accusations of witchcraft in Early Modern Spain. The preoccupation with witches’ words is at its root a preoccupation about the power of speech and, to a great extent, of female speech. Studies in some Early European countries have connected aggressive female speech styles with accusations of witchcraft, and this article o...

Historical Notes on Psychiatry. (Early Times—End of Sixteenth Century)

The Vesalian movement in sixteenth-century Spain.

In the middle o f the s ix teenth-century under the direct inf luence o f Vesalius's works there arose in Spain a m o v e m e n t devoted to the renewal o f anatomical knowledge. It was one o f the initial forces in the spread o f the Vesalian reform, bu t in spite o f that it has been almost comple te ly ignored by specialized historical research. 1 The purpose o f this article is to provide a...

American marriage in the early twenty-first century.

During the past century the U.S. family system has seen vast changes--in marriage and divorce rates, cohabitation, childbearing, sexual behavior, and women's work outside the home. Andrew Cherlin reviews these historic changes, noting that marriage remains the most common living arrangement for raising children, but that children, especially poor and minority children, are increasingly likely t...