Abstract

CARBAJAL LOPEZ, David. Bells, Religion and Good Government, Orizaba, 1762-1834. Secuencia [online]. 2010, n.77, pp.15-37. ISSN 2395-8464.

Bells are both an instrument for the consecration of time, protection of the community and a vital element in the festive ritual of the corporations of the Ancien Régime. In short, they are a traditional object of public utility. Their sound was an object of devotion of notable figures and a symbol of the identity crisis of certain corporations. During the 19th century, their use caused controversy as a result of the advent of the new sensitivities, characteristic of liberalism. Although they received biting criticism in the press, liberals attempted to turn them into a new object of public use, that of the state, eliminating the tolling of bells at funerals yet keeping the ringing for the new civil festivities and even for their electoral triumphs. All this, however, failed to prevent the continuity of many of their uses in traditional public use.

Keywords : Bells; Orizaba; religiosity; catholic reform; public use; liberalism.

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