This volume analyzes the religious history of the early modern Philippines. It examines the unstable authority of its archbishops and the preeminence of the Manila cathedral chapters in the second half of the seventeenth century. In particular, it considers these phenomena during the various convoluted periods of vacant sees, paying special attention to the dynamics of promotions within these collegiate bodies.

About the Author

Alexandre Coello de la Rosa is Professor of Latin American History and the Philippines at the Department of Humanities of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain. His main lines of research deal with historical anthropology, chronicles of the Indies, and early modern Spanish colonialism, especially focused on ecclesiastical history of the Marianas and the Philippines. He has been a visiting professor at the Universidade Federal do Grande Dourados (UFGD, Brazil), the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM, Mexico) and the Instituto Frances de Estudios Andinos (IFEA, Peru). From 2020 to 2024, he was a researcher at Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Spain.

Book Information
ISBN 9783031936494
Author Alexandre Coello de la Rosa
Format Hardback
Page Count 263
Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
Publisher Springer International Publishing AG