Victory on Earth or in Heaven : Mexico's Religionero Rebellion [Hardcover]

This work reconstructs the history of Mexico's forgotten Religionero rebellion of 1873-1877, an armed Catholic challenge to the government of Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada.Brian A. Staufferis a translator and curator of the Spanish Collection in the Archives and Records Program at the Texas General Land Office.This is a wonderful example of how talented historians can start with an incident or a speech or a crime--something apparently quite minor--and probe its context, investigate the circumstances that produced it, and build out from it to help the reader see this small event as something very important indeed.--Margaret Chowning,Church History