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

• Main Author: Coello de la Rosa, Alexandre; University
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol69/iss2/3; 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
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila 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. S...