Honor among equals in the Old Regime: The Dowries of the House of Mercy of Seville

Authors

  • Paula Ermila Rivasplata Varillas , Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24197/ihemc.40.2020.315-352

Keywords:

Dowry, Mercy, Brotherhood, Maidens, Seville, Pious work

Abstract

This work deals with the Casa Pia de la Misericordia of Seville, an institution that delivered different types of pious dowries according to testamentary wills from the late Middle Ages to the beginning of the Contemporaneity. This research seeks to find out who delivered and received these dowries and why they deserved to do so, as well as reveal some of the characteristics of the dowries given by this institution.

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Published

2020-11-25

Issue

No. 40 (2020)

Section

MISCELLANY

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