colonial history

The discourse about infant abandonment in the baroque society of Santa Fe de Bogotá in the 17th century

María Himelda Ramírez mhramirezr@unal.edu.co Universidad Nacional de Colombia Abstract: This article refers to the discourses about child abandonment that circulated in Santafe de Bogota during the first half of the 17th century, in the context of redefinition of feelings towards childhood and the revaluation of maternal love. The work also studies indigenous solidarity in cases […]

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The Supply of Santafé Before the Independence: Llorente’s Store

Robert Ojeda Pérez robert.rojeda@gmail.com Academia de Historia de Bogotá, Colombia Abstract: This article intends to uncover how the city of Santafé was supplied in the days before the independence. As a reference, we use the store of José González Llorente, a Spanish merchant who supplied the society of the capital with various consumer goods, and […]

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