Signs and Words: the Celebration of Tridentine Matrimony in Lima and Charcas (16th-18th Centuries)
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Council of Trent, Matrimony, Celebration, Ritual, Admonitions, Viceroyalty of Peru, Lima, Charcas, 16th-18th Centuries.
Abstract
Public disclosure of the celebration of matrimony was one of the essential issues addressed by the priests of the Council of Trent. From that point on, a series of conditions -to be met before, during and after the nuptial ceremony- were introduced in order to guarantee this disclosure; some were also required to validate the union. This Tridentine norm was soon to be implemented in Spanish America. This study addresses the application of the new matrimonial ritual within the territories of the Archdioceses of Lima and Charcas, before the Pragmatic Sanction of 1776. To this end, the provisions of local councils and synods are analyzed, as are the pastoral devices that were most common in the Andean sphere.Downloads
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Latasa P. (2016). Signs and Words: the Celebration of Tridentine Matrimony in Lima and Charcas (16th-18th Centuries). Revista Complutense de Historia de América, 42, 15-40. https://doi.org/10.5209/RCHA.53709
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