Spain in the new world : colonial life in Mexico

Duration: 0:13:11

Genre: Educational | Historical

Year Published: 1961

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Presents Mexico during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and the noblemen, priests, soldiers, and Indians that lived there at that time transplanting the customs and culture of old world Spain in their new land. Depicts the noblemen as masters of the haciendas and the priests as missionaries to the Indians; soldiers, plantation overseers, and artisans of the period; and the Indians as workers in the silver mines and on the haciendas. Power of the Church during the period is shown.

Complete Record: , Presents Mexico during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and the noblemen, priests, soldiers, and Indians that lived there at that time transplanting the customs and culture of old world Spain in their new land. Depicts the noblemen as masters of the haciendas and the priests as missionaries to the Indians; soldiers, plantation overseers, and artisans of the period; and the Indians as workers in the silver mines and on the haciendas. Power of the Church during the period is shown., Presents Mexico during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and the noblemen, priests, soldiers, and Indians that lived there at that time transplanting the customs and culture of old world Spain in their new land. Depicts the noblemen as masters of the haciendas and the priests as missionaries to the Indians; soldiers, plantation overseers, and artisans of the period; and the Indians as workers in the silver mines and on the haciendas. Power of the Church during the period is shown.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.