Early Modern (1450 CE - 1800 CE)
Misión San Juan Capistrano (California)
Throughout the eighteenth century, Spanish friars established more than twenty Spanish colonial churches across the territory that comprises the modern-day state of California. This one, named the Mission San Juan Capistrano, was founded in 1776.
Misión Basilica San Diego de Alcalá
Throughout the eighteenth century, the Spanish Crown authorized the establishment of more than twenty churches across the area that comprises the state of California today.
Misión La Purísima Concepción De María Santísima
The Purísima Concepción Mission was founded in 1787 as part of a larger network of Spanish colonial churches throughout the region.
Misión Nuestro Señora de la Soledad
Established in 1791, the Mission of Nuestro Señora de la Soledad was a Spanish colonial church in the frontier region of Spain’s empire in North America.
Misión San Antonio de Padua
The Mission of San Antonio de Padua was the third church established by Spanish friars in the territory that today comprises the state of California. Founded in 1771, this complex aimed to house the church authorities and evangelize the local native communities.
Misión San Carlos Borromeo del Rio Carmelo
Throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Spanish Crown granted its missionaries permission to establish dozens of missions throughout the modern-day US Southwest.
Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran
One of the key features of the website are the digital collections related to women’s lives during the Qajar period with sources and collections from both private family collections as well as archival holdings.
Misión San Fernando Rey de España
Throughout the seventeenth century and eighteenth centuries, the Spanish Crown approved the establishment of dozens of churches throughout the region that today comprises the US-Mexico border.
Misión San Gabriel Arcángel
Founded in 1771, the San Gabriel Arcángel Mission joined a large network of Spanish colonial churches throughout the territory that today comprises the Southwest United States.
