Illegitimacy in Nueva Galicia. The case of Aguascalientes, 17th and 18th centuries
Abstract
Illegitimacy has traditionally been associated with miscegenation in New Spain. Specific studies carried out using insufficient databases, have therefore reaffirmed a bias that has been observed since the colonial period. The present study is grounded on data that spans 200 years, so as to analyse the case of illegitimacy within the Aguascalientes parish in the long-term and comparatively. The results reveal nuances in the variations of legitimacy in the different “qualities” and, in historiographical terms, the need to expand databases for serial and comparative history.
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