‘For Honor and Defence’: Race and the Right to Bear Arms in Early Colonial Mexico.

The right to bear arms was one of the most exclusive sumptuary rights in early modern Iberia. The privilege of carrying weapons was transferred to Spanish America where it became a right reserved to Spaniards. This article examines over one hundred and fifty licenses to bear arms granted to non-Span...

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Published in:	Colonial Latin American Review Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 239 - 267
Main Author:	Schwaller, RobertC.
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Aug2012
Subjects:	Gun laws Social conditions in Mexico Sumptuary laws Mexican history to 1810 Racial & ethnic attitudes History of race relations Mexican politics & government, 1540-1810 History Mexico
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost