“Why I don’t wish to get married”: desisting marriage at the dissent trials in Nueva Galicia in the late XVIII century.

In the Hispanic world, the implementation of the “Real pragmática de matrimonios” [Royal sanction for marriage], in 1776, originated a great amount of family controversy, due to the matrimonial choice made by the children of the family. On the one hand, parents defended the lineage and reputation of...

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