Sainthood in the Early Modern Hispanic World - Miracles, Devotional Objects, and the Transformation of Canonization in the Cause of Ignatius of Loyola

Catholicism played a critical role in the Spanish colonization campaign. In this study, Jonathan Greenwood offers an interdisciplinary study of the recognition and veneration of sainthood through the case study of the canonization of Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits.