From Politics to Dogma during Colonial Mexico Festivities: Notes on Coloquios Esperituales by Fernán González de Eslava

Abstract

An important part of the dramatic representations that took place during the Colonial period in Mexico (New Spain) was meant to explain religious dogmas. In this paper, I address the relationship between the representation of dogma and politics in two of Fernán González de Eslava’s Coloquios Espirituales: the Coloquio Quinto, De los Siete Fuertes que el Virrey don Martin Enríquez mandó hacer… and the Coloquio Doce, De la Batalla Naval que el Serenísimo príncipe don Juan de Austria tuvo con el Turco.