Consejo de Castilla - History Lab https://historylab.es Wed, 18 May 2022 14:22:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Consejo de Castilla - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Misery in the women’s prison of Saragossa (1797) https://historylab.es/misery-in-the-womens-prison-of-saragossa-1797/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=misery-in-the-womens-prison-of-saragossa-1797 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:11 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/miseria-en-la-carcel-de-mujeres-de-zaragoza-1797/ Document highlighting the plight of women prisoners

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]]> In the women’s prison in Saragossa, which housed inmates from that Kingdom and the Basque Provinces, abuses and punishments were carried out, according to Pedro María Ric, Mayor of Crime of the Court of Aragon. Pedro María was also Judge Protector of the Real Casa de la Galera in Zaragoza. In his attempt to improve the conditions of the prisoners, he proposed that the Archbishopric of Saragossa allocate 3,000 ducats for this purpose on a permanent basis, an objective that was approved by the Council of Castile.

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]]> Bishop and Inquisitor against burials in churches, 1781 https://historylab.es/bishop-and-inquisitor-against-burials-in-churches-1781/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bishop-and-inquisitor-against-burials-in-churches-1781 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:11 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/obispo-e-inquisidor-contra-de-los-enterramientos-en-las-iglesias-1781/ Felipe Bertrán's response to the mortuary question posed by the Council of Castile in 1781

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]]> Felipe Bertrán, Inquisitor General and bishop of Salamanca, argues that the burial of the faithful in churches goes against the principles of the primitive Church and constitutes a source of unhealthiness. In the same way he says that the sacred space is meant for praying, hearing the Holy Mass and receiving the body and blood of the Saviour. He then makes a historical exhortation to the evolution of mortuary practice in churches. This response was offered to the Council of Castile in its 1781 consultation with the Spanish bishops on the question of burials in places of worship.

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