La tramitación de los expedientes de limpieza de sangre del Monasterio de las Bernardas de Alcalá de Henares (siglos XVII-XIX)

  1. González de la Peña, María del Val
Zeitschrift:
Signo: revista de historia de la cultura escrita

ISSN: 1134-1165

Datum der Publikation: 1998

Nummer: 5

Seiten: 187-198

Art: Artikel

Andere Publikationen in: Signo: revista de historia de la cultura escrita

Zusammenfassung

In Spain, from the XVth century to the beginning of XIXth century, a christian pedigree of old was a pre-requisite to get certain jobs, to make a good marriage, to apply for education or to follow a religious calling. This paper studies several of the long files compiled to prove such a condition and kept at the nunnery of "Las Bernardas", in Alcalá de Henares