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Lives of the Bigamists: Marriage, Family, and Community in Colonial Mexico » (1st Edition)

Book cover image of Lives of the Bigamists: Marriage, Family, and Community in Colonial Mexico by Richard Boyer

Authors: Richard Boyer, Lyman L. Johnson
ISBN-13: 9780826323842, ISBN-10: 0826323847
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Date Published: April 2001
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: Richard Boyer

Richard Boyer is professor of history at Simon Fraser University and the author of a book on seventeenth-century Mexico City as well as of a number of articles on colonial Mexico.

Lyman L. Johnson is professor of history at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. He is also the general editor for UNM Press's Diálogos series.

Book Synopsis

Boyer lets these Mexican people speak for themselves about how they got into trouble with the Inquisition.

Table of Contents

Tables and Map
Acknowledgments
Introduction3
Ch. 1Bigamy and the Inquisition13
Ch. 2Family and Upbringing33
Ch. 3Marriage61
Ch. 4Married Life107
Ch. 5The Flow of Information165
Conclusion219
Appendix: Sample of 216 bigamy files233
Notes245
Bibliography313
Index329
About the Book and the Author341

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