Conde de Paredes, Viceroy of New Spain, 1680-86 (d. 1693)

• Crown vs. clergy: Viceroy Paredes vs. Archbishop Aguiar y Seijas

  • secular entertainments
  • protocol

• Sor Juana to her patron, Countess of Paredes:

“To women you bring great esteemto learned men, acute offense,by proving gender plays no partin matters of intelligence.”

• With his death in 1693, Sor Juana lost her most important ally

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