Mining brotherhoods: lay Catholic Associations in Brazil and Mexico, 18th Century

• Autores: Lara Mancuso
• Localización: Jahrbuch für Geschichte Lateinamerikas = Anuario de Historia de América Latina ( JbLA ), ISSN-e 2194-3680, Nº. 44, 2007, págs. 111-134
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This artic1e analyzes the role of Catholic brotherhoods in mining societies in colonial Latin America. The main purpose is to investigate to what extent such organizations presented significant similarities, arguing that there exists a particular category of confraternities we call "mining brotherhoods". As case studies, we examine two towns during the 18th century: Zacatecas, in Mexico; and Ouro Preto, in Brazil. The article is comprised of three parts: initially, it portrays all the brotherhoods in both towns, emphasizing their social composition and admission criteria; after that, it evaluates their dissimilarities, underlining aspects related to the type of manual labor adopted in each place; and finally, it considers their likenesses, describing them as mining brotherhoods.