Premarital sex, consensual relations, bigamy, polygamy, births out
of wedlock, and clandestine affairs between clergy and laity were
common components of everyday society in colonial Latin America.
"Private Passions and Public Sins" focuses on the frequency and
significance of illegitimacy and extramarital relationships in
Lima, Peru, during the seventeenth century. Lima was Maria
Mannarelli's selection for this study because it was the
administrative, commercial, and religious center of the Viceroyalty
of Peru and was home to numerous ethnic and social groups.
Chapter one deals with the Iberian family and extramarital
relations in fifteenth-century Spain. Chapter two reconstructs the
unequal numbers of men and women in Lima's population throughout
the century. Chapter three shows the reactions of civil and church
authorities and ordinary citizens to extramarital relationships.
Chapter four explores adultery and chapter five follows with
illegitimacy and its significance in Lima's society.
The relationship between illegitimacy and women is the focus of
chapter six, with a view of colonial women and the emphasis on
control of sexuality. The problem of child abandonment resulting
from extramarital relationships is discussed in chapter seven.
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