7 San Francisco de la Espada

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. PART I HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: THE ROLE OF MISSIONS AND PRESIDIOS IN THE CONVERSION OF TEXAS
6. 1 Missions and Presidios, 1659—1793 11
7. 2 The Conversion of Texas: Missionaries, Soldiers, and Indians, 1740—1824 27
8. Part II THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE TEXAS MISSIONS
9. 3 San Antonio de Valero 43
10. 4 La Purisima Concepcion 65
11. 5 La Purisima Concepcion 103
12. 6 San Juan Capistrano 131
13. 7 San Francisco de la Espada 149
14. 8 El Espiritu Santo 163
15. 9 Content and Meaning 177
16. 10 Summary and Conclusions 185
17. Epilogue 193
18. Appendix I 197
19. Appendix 2 The Colonial Documents, 1740—1824 207
20. Glossary 215
21. Selected Bibliography 221
22. Index 229