The consolidation and expansion of the public health programs in Mexico during the course of the first half of the twentieth century was possible due to the work of numerous women in the different branches of nursing: as ...

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 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 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 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 ...

The review of the book "Las virreinas. Mujeres y poder en la Nueva España de los siglos XVI y XVII" (The Viceresses: Women and Power in New Spain in the 16th and 17th Centuries) by Daniela Pastor Téllez, written by Antonio ...

Este artículo presenta una aproximación al perfil de los auditores generales de guerra durante las últimas décadas del virreinato de Nueva España. A partir de un estudio socio-profesional que ahonda en quienes desempeñaron ...

El propósito de este trabajo es ofrecer un acercamiento al uso de las cartas de censura y excomunión en la Nueva España durante el siglo XVII. Sostengo que la solicitud de estos documentos jurídicos funcionó como un recurso ...

Reseña del libro de Pedro Ángeles Jiménez, Andrés Calderón Fernández y Fernando Ciaramitaro, Biombos y castas. Pintura profana en la Nueva España (Madrid: Casa de México en España/Fomento Cultural Banamex/Secretaría de ...

Templos y fiestas se constituyeron en el mundo occidental en espacios que guardaban la memoria y servían como instrumentos de control y sujeción. En la ciudad de México primero los conquistadores y después los frailes ...