Resumen de La muerte del rey desde la perspectiva novohispana (s. XVI y XVII): poder y trascendencia
This article is based on an analysis of funeral sermons and speeches, as well as on accounts on funeral ceremonies, published in New Spain, between 1600 and 1700, in honour of the Habsburg kings and members of that royal house. Through these sources it aims to explain how factors of cultural cohesion and 1egitimacy operated connecting the local society with the Spanish colonial system. The discourse on death is not considered here as an anomalous ingredient of the Baroque cosmovision, but as an element of the political culture of that time. This article highlights that funeral expressions tried to smooth out potential conflicts between a Christian-based ideology of spiritual equality and entrenched notions of social inequality.
