"Esta santísima imagen no está limitada al Nuevo Mundo". Tradición y continuidad de los cultos indianos en la Europa del siglo XIX

Abstract

The historiography of the independences in the Americas was a turning point for the historical approach of the transatlantic relations. The research analyzing the identity processes and the social breakdown between the old viceroyalties and the Spanish monarchy is vast. However, in the European territories the political conflict experienced was not immediately incorporated in the popular daily life and religiosity. On the contrary, sources of those times indicate the devotional and artistic continuity that the cults and the images of Indian virgins had during the 19th century. Nevertheless, after the emancipation, these works of art continued having a special place in the Spanish and European temples beyond the new national identity developed in the republics.