Format:
XIV, 407 S.
,
Ill.
ISBN:
0804756481
,
9780804756488
Note:
The emergence of the Spanish statutes of limpieza de sangre -- Race, purity, and gender in sixteenth-century Spain -- Juridical fictions : the certification of purity and construction of communal memory -- Nobility and purity in the República de Indios -- Nobility and purity in the República de Espanoles -- The initial stages and socioreligious roots of the sistema de castas -- The probanza de limpieza de sangre in colonial and transatlantic space -- Religion, law, and race : the question of purity in seventeenth-century Mexico -- Changing contours : limpieza de sangre in the age of reason and reform. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-390) and index. - Formerly CIP
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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