HISTORY 347 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Francisco Maldonado Da Silva, Limpieza De Sangre, Old Christian
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Persons ascribed category will shift with other person"s ascribed category (families, communities, etc), like the mestizos. Raza - the cast of horses who are castizos (purebred) marked with a brand so they would be recognized. This illustrates the 17th century definition of race. Race is a thread, which is differentiated from another thread in a fabric. Race is in lineages, then it is taken in a bad sense, having some history of a jew or. Religion affiliations in an ancestral pedigree, not about skin color yet. As people try to certify their limpieza de sangre, things that could be certified or denied, expands. They toss more things in to further their claims. Spanish inquisition - chief ideological instrument to enforce religious uniformity and the identification of hidden jews among those seen as new christians. The punishment of violations of church law: bigamy, blasphemy, witchcraft, and sexual deviation. The imposition of state power and fear.
