El poder de las Reformas o las Reformas en clave de poderes

El sinuoso recorrido de las jurisdicciones civiles y eclesiásticas. España e Hispanoamérica 1760-1830

Abstract

From de second half of the XVIII century, the religious institutions, the activities and church properties in Catholic Europe and Spanish America were the target of a number of plans and political reforms. Civil authorities, as well as groups or members of the clergy, tried to reorganize Catholicism and redefi ne its religious space. Th ey also wanted to demarcate the ecclesiastical action to its own spiritual functions. Th e purpose of this work is to have a comprehensive view about those reform plans and politics and their eff ects. Th e object is to diff erentiate their moments and strategies, according to the changes suff ered by each particular context. All of them belong to a process of profound political, economical, social and cultural transformations that continue into the XIX century and contribute to redefi ne the civil and ecclesiastical function and jurisdiction in the origin of the State and modern Church.