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Skin Colour and Priesthood. Debating Bodily Differences in Early Modern Catholicism*

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, Volume 48, Issue 2, Page 135-152, June 2024.
Can people of different skin colours become Catholic priests? What may seem self‐evident from today's perspective, Catholic theologians and canon lawyers controversially debated in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. While most authors agreed that colour per se was not a problematic factor, an increasing number argued that non‐white ...
Brendan Röder
wiley   +1 more source

Numeracy selectivity of Spanish migrants in colonial America (sixteenth–eighteenth centuries)

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, Volume 77, Issue 2, Page 503-522, May 2024.
Abstract Since the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the so‐called New World in 1492, hundreds of thousands of Spaniards settled in Central and South America. This paper assesses the skill selectivity of Spanish migrants who went to Hispanic America during the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries for the first time.
María del Carmen Pérez‐Artés
wiley   +1 more source

Arrival and Conquests in the Viceroyalty of Peru in Times of Francisco de Borja y Aragón, Príncipe de Esquilache (1615-1621) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In the context of the Relación, by Francisco de Borja y Aragón, this paper will report on the exploratory travels —named Arrival and Conquests— of Spanish encomenderos and soldiers between 1615 and 1621. In this context, the present study highlights some
Ovalle, María
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Les énumérations testamentaires

open access: yesMélanges de la Casa de Velázquez, 2014
Lists have something of a levelling effect. They place the objects they enumerate on the same conceptual plane. In the context of a colonial township in the Viceroyalty of Peru, Cajamarca, the compilation of lists of heirs by Indian testators appears to ...
Aude Argouse
doaj   +1 more source

Trials and tribulations of Neotropical plant taxonomy: Pace of tree species description

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 6, Issue 2, Page 515-527, March 2024.
Given the current unprecedented concerns for global biodiversity loss, it is critical to identify best practices for describing new species more efficiently so we can complete the inventory of the Neotropical flora and implement appropriate conservation strategies in a timely manner.
Manuel Luján   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Peru\u27s Musical Heritage of the Viceroyalty: The Creation of a National Identity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The music of Peru evolved through the centuries. The conquest of Peru introduced European polyphony to the natives. Since the natives found enthusiasm towards the music of the Spaniards, missionaries utilized and integrated musical instruction as part of
Yupari, Fabiola
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Design and Construction of the Real Felipe Fortress of Callao: Analysis of the Military Treatise and Layout Using Photogrammetry and GIS

open access: yesHeritage
Peru constituted the most important Viceroyalty of the Spanish Empire in South America, with the Port of Callao controlling the South Pacific trade routes. Although it was safe in its infancy, Callao suffered coastal attacks leading to its fortification.
Diego Javier Celis-Estrada   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Peru: mental health in a complex country

open access: yes, 2009
Peru is a land of mixed cultures, multiple ethnic heritages and severe economic inequities. Its history goes back thousands of years, from accounts of the first inhabitants of the continent to the impressive Inca Empire, the rich Viceroyalty of Peru and ...
Marta B. Rondon
core   +1 more source

Translation and Interpreting in the Indigenous Languages of Peru

open access: yes, 2020
This chapter presents an overview of translation and interpreting between Spanish and the estimated 48 indigenous languages spoken in 21st-century Peru.
Andrade Ciudad, Luis   +3 more
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Cornielis (alias Cornejo): A Coda to the Case of Maria Pizarro and Francisco de la Cruz in Sixteenth-century Lima

open access: yesTranslat Library, 2022
This note offers a transcription of the proceso de fe of Cornielis (alias Diego Cornejo), an enslaved Black man held by the Tribunal of the Spanish Inquisition in Lima in the 1570s. It is housed in the Archivo Histórico Nacional in Madrid, Spain.
Nicole D. Legnani
doaj  

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