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<\/a><\/p>\nThe San Francisco del Berrocal Convent in Belv\u00eds de Monroy, the departure point of the Twelve Apostles of Mexico, relived history with the presentation of the book Los franciscanos en la Am\u00e9rica Hispana: revisi\u00f3n e interpretaci\u00f3n del legado de los Doce Ap\u00f3stoles de M\u00e9xico<\/em>, a multidisciplinary collective work that brings together the content of the International Congress on the legacy of these twelve friars, held in 2024 in Guadalupe, C\u00e1ceres and Belv\u00eds. <\/strong>(18\/10\/2025)<\/p>\n The publication, edited by the European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation and the Royal Academy of Extremadura of Letters and Arts, in collaboration with the Belv\u00eds de Monroy Town Council, constitutes a key contribution to the understanding of one of the most significant episodes of Spain\u2019s presence in the Americas. With this publication, coordinated by RAEX academics Sixto S\u00e1nchez and Jos\u00e9 Juli\u00e1n Barriga, a research and dissemination project on Ibero-American issues comes to a close.<\/p>\n During the presentation of the book, the director of Yuste Foundation, Juan Carlos Moreno, highlighted the commitment of the twelve Franciscans to justice and the dignity of Indigenous peoples, denouncing the abuses committed by the colonial authorities against them. He also stated that, despite the mistakes made by Spain in the Americas, \u201cits achievements must also be acknowledged and celebrated\u201d, citing as an example the Franciscans who departed from Belv\u00eds, \u201cwhose testimony of faith, commitment and courage continues to challenge us five centuries later\u201d.<\/p>\n The Berrocal Convent was, for centuries, a centre of spirituality, discipline and reform within the Franciscan Order, as well as becoming a focal point for Ibero-American outreach. For this reason, the mayor of Belv\u00eds, Fernando S\u00e1nchez, expressed his wish that the convent \u201cbe a living place, a cultural, historical and academic centre of reference, and a symbol of Extremadura\u2019s historical presence in the world\u201d, open to research and host to seminars, congresses and international meetings that strengthen the shared ties between Extremadura, Spain and Ibero-America.<\/p>\n According to Mar\u00eda del Mar Lozano, director of the Academy of Extremadura of Letters and Arts, this publication brings to a close a project that has delved, from an interdisciplinary perspective, into the commemoration of the five-hundredth anniversary of the departure from the San Francisco del Berrocal Convent of the so-called Twelve Apostles of Mexico. In her view, it is essential reading to shed light on the progress made in understanding the Franciscan mission of evangelisation in the Americas, but also \u201cto explore other related issues that have led us to comprehend something as profound as the embodiment of many sixteenth-century Humanist ideas in the encounter with the Indigenous reality and the many legacies that this produced\u201d, she explained.<\/p>\n Also taking part in the presentation was Jos\u00e9 Juli\u00e1n Barriga, member of the Royal Academy of Extremadura and co-editor of the book alongside professor Sixto S\u00e1nchez, who stated that this publication seeks to \u201crevitalise, review and update the knowledge and historiography of one of the most significant episodes of Spain\u2019s presence in the Americas, becoming a paradigm of universal humanism in defence of equality and human dignity\u201d.<\/p>\n Fray Vidal Rodr\u00edguez, guardian and custodian of the Monastery of Santa Mar\u00eda de Guadalupe, in turn, remarked that the publication presented is \u201ca new creation, the result of a collective work that looks to the future and invites further study, but above all, invites gratitude\u201d.<\/p>\n Content<\/strong><\/p>\n The volume is divided into four chapters, respectively addressing the historical and historiographical context, the spiritual mission undertaken by the Franciscans in the New World, intercultural mestizaje, and the humanising action carried out by the \u201cTwelve\u201d. It includes the sixteen lectures and an equal number of papers presented at the International Congress, preceded by an introduction by the president of the Regional Government of Extremadura, Mar\u00eda Guardiola, and forewords by the director of the European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation, Juan Carlos Moreno, and by the director of the Royal Academy of Extremadura of Letters and Arts, Mar\u00eda del Mar Lozano Bartolozzi.<\/p>\n The chapters of the volume are written by experts and scholars from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and the universities of Extremadura, Valladolid, Seville, Le\u00f3n, Almer\u00eda and Salamanca, as well as from the Pontifical Antonianum University in Rome and other institutes of historical research, including the Mexican Academy of History.<\/p>\n With this initiative, the two organising entities sought to revitalise, review and update the knowledge and historiography of one of the most significant episodes of Spain\u2019s presence in the Americas, as well as a paradigm of universal humanism in defence of equality and human dignity.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_post_nav in_same_term=”on” prev_text=”VER NOTICIA ANTERIOR” next_text=”VER NOTICIA SIGUIENTE” admin_label=”\u2190 NAVEGACION POR NOTICIAS \u2192” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ custom_margin=”||3%|” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_post_nav][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The San Francisco del Berrocal Convent in Belv\u00eds de Monroy, the departure point of the Twelve Apostles of Mexico, relived history with the presentation of the book Los franciscanos en la Am\u00e9rica Hispana: revisi\u00f3n e interpretaci\u00f3n del legado de los Doce Ap\u00f3stoles de M\u00e9xico, a multidisciplinary collective work that brings together the content of the International Congress on the legacy of these twelve friars, held in 2024 in Guadalupe, C\u00e1ceres and Belv\u00eds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242397,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[190,191],"tags":[309],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fundacionyuste.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242394"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fundacionyuste.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fundacionyuste.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fundacionyuste.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fundacionyuste.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242394"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.fundacionyuste.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242492,"href":"https:\/\/www.fundacionyuste.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242394\/revisions\/242492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fundacionyuste.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fundacionyuste.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fundacionyuste.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fundacionyuste.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}