Lords of Contention: Local Conflicts in the Cathedral Chapter of Manila in the Late Seventeenth Century

Thisarticle focuses on ecclesiastical contentiousness in the cathedral chapters (cabildos) in the seventeenth-century Philippines. First, it demonstrates the way in which intra-elite confrontations, negotiation, and local agency among church entities molded the city of Manila as a political arena. S...

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Main Author: Coello de la Rosa, Alexandre; University
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Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
Online Access:https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol69/iss2/3
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.phstudies-10852024-08-07T03:42:03Z Lords of Contention: Local Conflicts in the Cathedral Chapter of Manila in the Late Seventeenth Century Coello de la Rosa, Alexandre; University Thisarticle focuses on ecclesiastical contentiousness in the cathedral chapters (cabildos) in the seventeenth-century Philippines. First, it demonstrates the way in which intra-elite confrontations, negotiation, and local agency among church entities molded the city of Manila as a political arena. Second, it discusses Bishop Ginés de Barrientos’s (1681–1698) political unrest against the cabildo members, which demonstrate that disobedience was not the exception but the everyday rule. To reconstruct social fields set in motion in early modern Manila, this case study opens up a new conflict-ridden paradigm of religious division that stresses competition, contentiousness, and factionalism in the cathedral body.KEYWORDS: CATHEDRAL CHAPTER • SEVENTEENTH CENTURY • MANILA • FACTIONALISM • GINÉS DE BARRIENTOS 2021-06-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol69/iss2/3 info:doi/10.13185/2244-1638.1085 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/1085/viewcontent/Lords_20of_20Contention_20_5Bvol._2069_20no._202_20_282021_29_20189_E2_80_93219_5D.pdf Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Archīum Ateneo
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description Thisarticle focuses on ecclesiastical contentiousness in the cathedral chapters (cabildos) in the seventeenth-century Philippines. First, it demonstrates the way in which intra-elite confrontations, negotiation, and local agency among church entities molded the city of Manila as a political arena. Second, it discusses Bishop Ginés de Barrientos’s (1681–1698) political unrest against the cabildo members, which demonstrate that disobedience was not the exception but the everyday rule. To reconstruct social fields set in motion in early modern Manila, this case study opens up a new conflict-ridden paradigm of religious division that stresses competition, contentiousness, and factionalism in the cathedral body.KEYWORDS: CATHEDRAL CHAPTER • SEVENTEENTH CENTURY • MANILA • FACTIONALISM • GINÉS DE BARRIENTOS
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Lords of Contention: Local Conflicts in the Cathedral Chapter of Manila in the Late Seventeenth Century
author_facet Coello de la Rosa, Alexandre; University
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title Lords of Contention: Local Conflicts in the Cathedral Chapter of Manila in the Late Seventeenth Century
title_short Lords of Contention: Local Conflicts in the Cathedral Chapter of Manila in the Late Seventeenth Century
title_full Lords of Contention: Local Conflicts in the Cathedral Chapter of Manila in the Late Seventeenth Century
title_fullStr Lords of Contention: Local Conflicts in the Cathedral Chapter of Manila in the Late Seventeenth Century
title_full_unstemmed Lords of Contention: Local Conflicts in the Cathedral Chapter of Manila in the Late Seventeenth Century
title_sort lords of contention: local conflicts in the cathedral chapter of manila in the late seventeenth century
publisher Archīum Ateneo
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