Eclesiásticos criollos en la Capilla Real de Palacio: Una elite de poder en el reinado de Carlos II (1665-1700)

Abstract

The present work analyzes the motives and reasons that lead the Creole elites of the American viceroyalties to request employment as honor chaplains and preachers in the King's Royal Chapel during the final decades of the 17th century. This study also analyzes the selection mechanisms that were established by the Crown to facilitate the access to the institution, particularly those related to racial purity and nobility of the lineage of the applicants to one of those positions.