Conflict and conversion in sixteenth century central mexican history
Concerns over native resistance to evangelization on and beyond the Chichimeca frontier the frontier between sedentary and nomadic natives prompted the Augustinian missionaries to use graphic visual images of hell to convince natives to embrace the new faith The Augustinians believed that they were in a war against Satan Conflict and Conversion in Sixteenth Century Central Mexico The Augustinian War on and Beyond the Chichimeca Frontier European Expansion and Indigenous Response 12 
Robert H Jackson is a specialist in colonial and modern Latin American history He received his doctorate from the University of California Berkeley in 1988 His research interests include liberalism the caste system historical demography and missions and evangelization In 2013 Brill published his monograph Conflict and Conversion in Sixteenth Century Mexico The Augustinian War on and beyond the Chichimeca Frontier Jackson currently lives in Mexico City..