This chapter examines the career paths of clergymen in the Archdiocese of Mexico during the administration of Manuel Rubio y Salinas between 1749 and 1765. It focuses on the formative processes and diverse trajectories ...

This chapter analyzes the evolution and expansion of the mendicant orders in New Spain during the period from 1524 to 1607. It details how these religious communities, adapting to local circumstances, established numerous ...

The chapter "Spanish Privateering: State Policy and Legal Evolution during the 18th Century," written by Vera Moya Sordo, explores the dynamics of privateering within the context of Spanish monarchical politics. Throughout ...

This document analyzes female writing and disobedience within the context of the Convent of Our Lady of the Incarnation in Popayán between 1608 and 1613. The Augustinian nuns of the convent used their writings to resist ...

This chapter examines the function of dioceses as analytical categories for understanding territoriality within the context of the Spanish monarchy in the Indies. Through the analysis of historical documents, the text ...

The chapter "The Strategic Supply of Hemp During the Long Eighteenth Century, 1675-1830" analyzes the importance of hemp as an essential commodity for modern overseas empires, focusing on its role in building a strategic ...