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Indulgences granted in favor of Gaspar de Llupià, knight, Margarida Llupià, Lluís de Centelles and other characters from Barcelona [1513-1518]

Date
1513 - 1518
Archive
National Archive of Catalonia
Document type
Textual
Reference code
ANC1-1087-T-5167
Link to the online document
Description

This document records the granting of indulgences to members of the Catalan nobility, such as the Llupià and the Centelles, in a context immediately preceding the Protestant Reformation. It is a sample of the ecclesiastical practice of the time and its connection with the social elites. Its importance lies in the fact that it reflects the relationship between spiritual power and noble power, as well as the tensions that would eventually lead to the European religious crisis of the 16th century.