Conquerors to bureaucratsbureaucracy ascendant, 1550-

• Structure of colonial administration: audiencias, viceroys, corregidores, cabildos

• Authority, flexibility, and stability: “I obey but do not comply.”

• Church and the State: real patronato,

• Regular (orders) and Secular clergy: from evangelizing to administering sacraments

• Church and popular religion: Cult of the Virgin of Guadalupe

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