Article
La saturación de eclesiásticos en la Lima barroca
Author/s | Serrera Contreras, Ramón María |
Department | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Historia de América |
Publication Date | 2001 |
Deposit Date | 2015-09-10 |
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Abstract | El número excesivo y creciente de monasterios y conventos en todos los reinos españoles de ambas orillas del océano en los siglos XVII y XVIII, era ya un hecho evidente, denunciado por muchos y combatido inútilmente por ... El número excesivo y creciente de monasterios y conventos en todos los reinos españoles de ambas orillas del océano en los siglos XVII y XVIII, era ya un hecho evidente, denunciado por muchos y combatido inútilmente por la Corona en la Lima de principios del XVII. Las clausuras se llenaban de monjes y monjas sin vocación, rodeados de una numerosa servidumbre. El motivo principal radicaba en la incapacidad de las élites criollas para mantener el decoro de familias numerosas. Los arbitristas denunciaban el peligro de despoblación y, con más acierto, el riesgo de que la riqueza del virreinato quedara entre las manos de los clérigos. The excesive and constantly increasing amount of monasteries and covents in the Spanish territories on both sides of the ocean, during the 17th and 18th centuries, was already an evident fact, denounced by many and uselessly ... The excesive and constantly increasing amount of monasteries and covents in the Spanish territories on both sides of the ocean, during the 17th and 18th centuries, was already an evident fact, denounced by many and uselessly attacked by the Crown in Lima, at the beginning of the 17C century. The monasteries and convents were filled by monks with no religious vocation and surrounded by many servants. The main cause was the imposibility for the ruling classes to maintain their social position when they had large families. The arbitristas denounced the danger of depopulation and, with even more clearsightedness, the risk that the Viceroyalty's wealth should fall into the hands of the clergy. |
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