The Foundation of the Convent “Nuestra Señora de la Salud” in Pátzcuaro. Strateg y and Consolidation of the Local Elite in the second half of the xviii century
Authors
Magdalena Guzmán Flores
Maestra en Historia por la Facultad de Historia de la Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo. Becaria CONACYT
María Concepción Gavira Márquez
Doctora en Historia por la Universidad de Sevilla. Profesora investigadora de la Facultad de Historia, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo
This paper addresses the foundation of the Convent “Nuestra Señora de la Salud” in Patzcuaro, Michoacan, in 1747, noting the role of the local elite and interest in the erection of this convent for Spanish women. The monastery represents one of the strategies of this group of Spaniards to strengthen the city of Patzcuaro in the conflict with Valladolid to get the capital of the bishopric. We also discuss how the Dominican convent of Patzcuaro, came to reinforce the prestige of the most important families who held the political, economic and social power of the city in the second half of the eighteenth century.
Guzmán Flores, M., & Gavira Márquez, M. C. (2017). The Foundation of the Convent “Nuestra Señora de la Salud” in Pátzcuaro. Strateg y and Consolidation of the Local Elite in the second half of the xviii century. Cuadernos De Historia, (46), pp. 31–54. Retrieved from https://rmdd.uchile.cl/index.php/CDH/article/view/46695
