This article analyses the different forms of procuration that existed in the Hispanic Monarchy during the 16th Century and presents a typology for its study. The authors propose to distinguish two types of procurators: ...

This article offers an overview of multiple strategies that can be considered as resistance. It contemplates different kinds of actions: from violent uprisings to daily practices that disrupted the colonial domination along ...

This article approaches Spanish American mobility and its place in the whole of the monarchy during the second half of the seventeenth century. Based on the tests of Juan de Cervantes Cervantes, a Mexican urban patriciate ...

En los últimos años el tema de los espacios marítimos como paisajes culturales y de sociabilidades diversas ha venido ganando terreno. Y en ellos, la importancia de los entornos insulares ha sido reconsiderado también con ...

En el presente artículo exploramos la estrecha relación que existe entre la historia judicial y la historia del derecho. Partimos de nuestra experiencia en los archivos judiciales, rechazamos una visión estrecha del derecho ...

This research identifies, provides biographical notes, and renders the family reconstruction (ascending and descending genealogy) of the knights of the Military Order of Alcántara, who were present in the viceroyalty ...

This article reviews Nicole von Germeten's book, "The Enlightened Patrolman. Early Law Enforcement in Mexico City," which examines the "guardafaroleros" or watchmen, who were responsible for maintaining public lighting and ...

El dossier "Islas del Pacífico Americano: espacios articuladores en las redes marítimas de la época moderna (siglos XVI-XVIII)" explora el papel crucial de las islas del Pacífico en la historia marítima entre los siglos ...