An aproach to ecclesiatical and state interventionism in matrimonial matters in modern times : in the case of a town of Extremadura : Hoyos (1750-1850)

Abstract

This paper is about the process of control and regulation that the Catholic Church and the State exercised on marriages during the Old Regime. For that, they we present the different regulations over time, the various types of existing ecclesiastical impediments and the process of processing of marriage dispensations. In this connection, the final part of the article focuses on analyzing the relationship and possible reasons for the rate of geographical and familial intermarriage registered in Hoyos, a cacereña population, between 1750-1850.