The Spiritual Conquest of Marriage: How the Holy Office and Council of Trent Attempted to Reform the Laity of New Spain
The Council of Trent’s reform of marriage attempted to give the Church greater oversight over marriage and rein in popular misconceptions about the sacrament. In colonial Mexico, this shift in the definition of marriage coincided with the arrival of the Holy Office of the Inquisition. This article e...
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Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory
2019-01-01
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| Series: | Rechtsgeschichte - Legal History |
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| Online Access: | http://data.rg.mpg.de/rechtsgeschichte/rg27-123schwaller.pdf |