To Love, Honor, and Obey in Colonial Mexico: Conflicts over Marriage Choice, 1574-1821

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Acknowledgments vii
• Contents ix
• Introduction: Romeo and Juliet in Mexico 1
• PART ONE The Early Colonial Period 1574-1689 15
• Chapter 2 Will 32
• Chapter 3 Love 47
• Chapter 4 Honor 61
• Chapter 5 The Role of the Church 75
• PART TWO The Transitional Period 1690-1779 93
• Chapter 6 Changing Attitudes Toward Honor 95
• Chapter 7 Changing Attitudes Toward Love and Will 109
• Chapter 8 Interest and Patriarchy 123
• Chapter 9 Honor as Status 136
• PART THREE The Transformation of Church and Crown 159
• Chapter 10 Changing Positions Of Church and Crown 161

• Title Page iii
• Acknowledgments vii
• Contents ix
• Introduction: Romeo and Juliet in Mexico 1
• PART ONE The Early Colonial Period 1574-1689 15
• Chapter 2 Will 32
• Chapter 3 Love 47
• Chapter 4 Honor 61
• Chapter 5 The Role of the Church 75
• PART TWO The Transitional Period 1690-1779 93
• Chapter 6 Changing Attitudes Toward Honor 95
• Chapter 7 Changing Attitudes Toward Love and Will 109
• Chapter 8 Interest and Patriarchy 123
• Chapter 9 Honor as Status 136
• PART THREE The Transformation of Church and Crown 159
• Chapter 10 Changing Positions Of Church and Crown 161
• Chapter II The Church's Retreat On Aggressive Intervention 177
• Chapter 12 The Church's Retreat on Doctrine 190
• Chapter 13 The Royal Pragmatic And Social Inequality 205
• Conclusion 227
• Reference Matter 243
• Notes 245
• Bibliographic Note 309
• Index 313