During the period of the fellowship, I carried out bibliographic research activities, taking advantage of opportunities offered by several Parisian research institutions:
- French National Library (Bibliothèque Nationale de France)
- The Library of the “Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme” in Paris
- The Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire of Sorbonne University
- The Bibliothèque interuniversitaire Cujas of Sorbonne University
- The Bibliothèque du CRH (in particular the libraries of the LaDéHiS and of the GEI).
Archival research was mainly carried out in the following archives:
- Archivo General de Indias (Seville, Spain); consulted unds: Contratación; Filipinas
- Archivo General de la Nación (Mexico City, Mexico); consulted funds: Bienes de difuntos; Bienes nacionales; Bulas de la Santa Cruzada; Capellanías; Correspondencia de Virreyes; Indiferente Virreinal; Indios; Inquisición; Intestados; Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Ciudad de México
- Archivo del Cabildo Metropolitano de la Arquidiócesis de México (Mexico City, Mexico), consulted funds: Capellanías; Fábrica Material; Litigios; Testamentos
In order to develop some comparative case studies, research was also carried out in the following archives:
- Archivo General de Simancas (Simancas, Spain); consulted funds: Estado
- Archivio di Stato di Milano (Milan, Italy); consulted funds: Finanze parte antica – Eredità Vacanti
- Archives Nationales (Paris, France); consulted funds: Affaires étrangères – Correspondance des Consuls de France à Madrid; Affaires étrangères – Correspondance des Consuls de France à Cadix
- Archives Municipales de Lyon (Lyon, France); consulted funds: Hôtel-Dieu