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Introduction: Franciscans in Colonial Latin America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 December 2015

John F. Schwaller
John F. Schwaller*
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University of Minnesota Morris, Minnesota
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The Americas , Volume 61 , Issue 4: Franciscan Influence in Colonial Latin America , April 2005 , pp. 565 - 570
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Copyright © Academy of American Franciscan History 2005

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