Agency, discourses and practices in the Andean region: The welfare brotherhoods and the Holy See (16th-17th centuries)

In the Andean region, the welfare confraternities played a fundamental role in caring for the sick and helping people to die well. With the arrival of the Europeans, new diseases also came in the West Indies whose pathogens were transmitted to the native population, thus triggering serious demograph...

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Autor: Paz Nomey, José Luis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Católica San Pablo
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Católica San Pablo
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.ucsp.edu.pe:article/1285
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucsp.edu.pe/index.php/Allpanchis/article/view/1285
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Santa Sede
cofradías andinas
labor asistencial
agencia
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Sumario:In the Andean region, the welfare confraternities played a fundamental role in caring for the sick and helping people to die well. With the arrival of the Europeans, new diseases also came in the West Indies whose pathogens were transmitted to the native population, thus triggering serious demographic breakdowns. In this context, throughout this article we will discuss aspects related to the discourses and practices between the Holy See and these confraternities with a welfare projection. We will also deal with the role of the agencies established by the confraternities before the Holy See in order to obtain favors and benefits for their member and associates. Finally, we will look at the nature of the welfare work carried out by these institutions and the different hospitals founded throughout the 16th and 17th centuries in the Andean region (Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru).