Abstract

ARGOUSE, Aude. Reason and Secrecy in Viceroyal Notarial Records. Madrid, Lima and Santiago de Chile (1670-1720). hist.crit. [online]. 2016, n.60, pp.23-41. ISSN 0121-1617.  https://doi.org/10.7440/histcrit60.2016.02.

What was at stake in the process of notarial registration? Through the analysis of three situations that arose during the Catholic Monarchy between 1670 and 1720 in the territories of Spain, Peru and Chile, this article explores diverse social and cultural tensions perceived in the process of recording notarial documents and in the circulation of records and persons. It reveals a range of distances among facts, truth and the administration of justice. The writing appears to be a dialogue: the will of the grantors - either individual or collective strategies to express sentiments and decisions- are mixed with the ink of the clerks who were transcribing, co-authors whose identity is unknown but whose mark can nonetheless be seen in the documentation.

Keywords : Santiago de Chile ; Lima ; Madrid ; writing ; registry file (author's keywords) .

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