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"Ecclesiastical institutions and actors were essential for the formation of normative orders in early modern Ibero-America. However, both legal historiography, due to its strong legalistic, state-centred imprint, and general historiography on colonial times, more inclined towards secular law, have only rarely discussed the contribution of ecclesiastical normativity to the formation of that normative texture which, in the historiographical tradition, has been called ‘derecho indiano’. In light of this situation, the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History has organised a series of seminars in different Latin American cities in order to offer an interdisciplinary forum dedicated to the research of ‘ecclesiastical normativities and institutions in Ibero-America’ between the 16th and 19th centuries. The present volume is the first in a series of publications that document the results of this cycle of seminars celebrated in Mexico City, Lima, Bogotá and São Paulo. The book, focusing on New Spain, is divided into five thematic parts. The first section presents investigations on canon law and moral theology that deal with characteristic aspects of multinormativity and the teaching of those disciplines in early modern times. The second section examines diocesan governance and ecclesiastical power in Mexico City and Puebla via statutes of the cathedral chapter, members of the ‘curia arzobispal’ and pertinent legal opinions. In the third section, the contributors reflect on the normativity and administration of sacraments, drawing on conciliar norms, treatises, pragmatic literature but as well on registers of baptisms and confessions. The fourth section deals with ethnic groups in courts of justice, both civil and ecclesiastic ones: indigenous people accused of ‘hechicería’ in a tribunal of Tlaxcala and Afro-Mexicans who started litigation in the archiepiscopal court of Mexico. The articles of the fifth section cover the topics of beatification, devotion and cultural expressions (music, images) from a normative perspective and extend the period of investigation to the 19th century. The articles on ecclesiastical institutions and normativities in New Spain collected in this volume propose new research fields for legal history and the history of the Church, which at the same time are relevant for social and cultural history. The editors’ purpose has been to present approaches that explore the relationship between different types of normativities, their local adaptations, the ties with global debates, the forms of solving conflicts, as well as the role of jurists, theologians and other actors. The topics discussed by the authors represented in this volume – who cultivate the disciplines of history, legal history, church history, ethnohistory, art history and the history of music – contribute to a better understanding of the normative religious universe in Spanish America."

church history --- Legal History --- moral theology --- canon law --- multinormativity

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This book, written by Rafael Ramis-Barceló, brings together three studies on the University of Lleida (1561-1717). The first is a description of the Studium of Lleida during the pontificate of Antonio Agustín. It was a Golden Age, with great professors, although with frequent conflicts. The second is an analysis of the Faculty of Civil and Canon Law from the death of Felipe V until the transfer of the University to Cervera. The third deals with the Faculties of Arts and Theology for the same period. These two final chapters study the decline of the University and its problems during the Baroque Age. The book –with new sources, from different Catalan archives– aims to offer an overview of the last period of the Studium of Lleida and its intricate transfer to Cervera.----------Este libro, escrito por Rafael Ramis-Barceló, reúne tres estudios sobre la Universidad de Lérida (1561-1717). El primero es una descripción del Estudio de Lérida durante el pontificado de Antonio Agustín. Fue una época dorada, con grandes maestros, aunque con frecuentes conflictos. El segundo es un análisis de la Facultad de Leyes y Cánones desde el fallecimiento de Felipe V hasta la transferencia de la Universidad a Cervera. El tercero trata las Facultades de Artes y de Teología durante el mismo período. Estos dos capítulos finales inciden en la decadencia de la Universidad y a los problemas que tuvo que afrontar durante el Barroco. El libro –con fuentes novedosas, procedentes de diferentes archivos catalanes– pretende ofrecer una panorámica de la última etapa del Estudio de Lérida y de su compleja transferencia a Cervera.

Universidades --- Lérida --- Antonio Agustín --- Barroco --- Leyes --- Cánones --- Teología --- Cátedras --- Universities --- Lleida --- Baroque Age --- Civil Law --- Canon Law --- Theology --- Chairs