«If They Remained as Mere Words»: Trent, Marriage, and Freedom in the Viceroyalty of Peru, Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries

The right of persons to marry without coercion and live their marriage freely was one of the foremost and frequently mentioned topics among synod and council fathers, moralists, and canon lawyers in colonial Spanish America. Within the territory of the viceroyalty of Peru, the recommendations of the...

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Autor: orcid.org/0000-0001-9365-043X|||/items/620ef814-e362-4289-9b8a-73f31361d175
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Navarra
Repositorio:Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital de la Universidad de Navarra
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:dadun.unav.edu:10171/42110
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10171/42110
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Materias Investigacion::Arte y Humanidades
Council of Trent
Coercion
Marital life
Consent
Viceroyalty of Peru
Marriage
Freedom
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Sumario:The right of persons to marry without coercion and live their marriage freely was one of the foremost and frequently mentioned topics among synod and council fathers, moralists, and canon lawyers in colonial Spanish America. Within the territory of the viceroyalty of Peru, the recommendations of the Council of Trent in this regard took the form of a new set of ecclesiastical regulations, derived from synods and councils that occurred from the sixteenth through the eighteenth century.