History 2501E Lecture : Oct 25 Colonial Society.docx
22 Apr 2012
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Factors that determined social status: limpieza de sangre, race, lineage, illegitimacy, corporative. Women and society: married, single, religious life. Long names, important relatives, hold onto all names. Very common, not a bad thing necessarily, lacks shame. Ability to go to university, papers, parents come forward. Wont impede if you don"t know who your parents are (but wont help either) Natives had different concepts and traditions regading marriage. Issue if father is a priest, mother is a nun etc. Promise of marriage= almost the same as marriage (flexible society) Religious group: important at the time, compare to modern clubs, around saint/madonna, belong to association, e. g. someone will help you if you are sick/ die/ economic struggles. Elite- painted beauty marks (sometimes to hide small pox scars) Choices: get married,join convent, single (different social classes) Marriage: 2 families must agree (economic, political), intelligence, wealth, spanish blood, future business etc.
