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Edicto contra Hidalgo

Apostolic Inquisitors of New Spain · 1810

A colonial Inquisition edict laying official charges against the rebel priest Hidalgo.

This official edict condemns Hidalgo by name as a rebel priest, showing the colonial response to his revolt.

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Photograph of a scanned, aged Spanish colonial edict headed 'Nos los Inquisidores Apostolicos' in dense printed and handwritten text, with a seal at lower left, signatures at bottom, and an AGN archive stamp at lower right. — Edicto contra Miguel Hidalgo. Archivo General de la Nación de México.

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What it is

This is a printed edict issued by the Apostolic Inquisitors of New Spain against Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, condemning him as a rebel priest. It is held today in Mexico's Archivo General de la Nación.

Why it matters

The document shows how the colonial authorities and the Church hierarchy responded to Hidalgo's uprising: not as a political rebellion alone, but as a matter for religious condemnation. It reveals the power the Inquisition still held in New Spain and how seriously the authorities took the threat of Hidalgo's rebellion.

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