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.

• 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

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.

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.

• 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

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.

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.

• 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

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.