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Inquisition, Florida, colonial Mexico, sixteenth century, vecino, vida maridable, Luna expedition, St. Augustine
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Marriage And Community In New Spain, 1550-1580: The Bigamy Cases Of Gabriel Carrasco, Francisco González, And Luisa De Abrego, Hannah Tweet
Marriage And Community In New Spain, 1550-1580: The Bigamy Cases Of Gabriel Carrasco, Francisco González, And Luisa De Abrego, Hannah Tweet
USF St. Petersburg campus Master's Theses (Graduate)
Gabriel Carrasco, Francisco González, and Luisa de Abrego each faced the charge of bigamy within one decade of each other in Mexico City, between 1565 and 1575. Together, their cases tell a micro-history of bigamy, marriage, and community in New Spain and on its frontiers, one that illustrates the centrality of community. Historians have pointed to the importance of studying community in bigamy cases, and more broadly to the connections between community and marriage. However, a close reading of these three cases takes the connection further and brings together disparate conclusions about why and how bigamy took place. First and …