Between the progress and the tradition: an illustrated sermon for the exequies of Charles III

Authors

  • Óscar Raúl Melgosa Oter Universidad de Burgos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/hs.2010.v62.i126.261

Keywords:

John Cruz Ruiz de Cabañas (1752-1824), funeral sermon, exequies for Charles III, Illustration, progress, tradition

Abstract


In this article is analysed the sermon compound and predicated by the prebendary John Cruz Ruiz de Cabañas for the exequies of the king Charles III in the cathedral of Burgos in 1789, the sources and used recourses and structure and content of his preachment. Some years later he was appointed bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) and he could execute some of the «carolinas» reforms eulogized in his sermon, characterized by a progressists tone in socioeconomic and conservative in religious matter, own of the illustrated Spanish clergy in the 18th century.

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Published

2010-12-30

How to Cite

Melgosa Oter, Óscar R. (2010). Between the progress and the tradition: an illustrated sermon for the exequies of Charles III. Hispania Sacra, 62(126), 661–695. https://doi.org/10.3989/hs.2010.v62.i126.261

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