El poder regional a examen: irregularidades y singularidades en los juicios de residencia de Tabasco (1666-1707)

Abstract

The main interest of this work be to analyze some of the most important irregularities and peculiarities that kept the residency trials in the Spanish america throughout the colonial period, such as the compositions, the challenges, the accompaniment of witnesses, the action carried out by the notary of residence and the scarcity of sealed paper that should be used in said processes, since they came to condition the development and the result of the same on many occasions. To this end, we will focus our attention on the Tabasco region, considering the possibility of having a series of continuous residency trials during the period 1666-1707.