Frailes y clérigos en Yucatán. Siglo XVII

Abstract

From 1601 until almost the end of the seventeenth century, the diocese of Yucatán were immersed in a long litigation by 10 rural curates, which involved both Franciscans and secular clerics. The importance of controlling the numerous indigenous population, meant that an ecclesiastical problem merited the intervention of practically all the social sectors of Yucatan, and of course, the Spanish Crown. It is for this reason that the analysis of this event permits the appreciation of how such diverse elements as royal ecclesiastical politics, the evangelization and the interests of different local groups, can converge.