A historian researching the effects of epidemic disease on the population levels of seventeenth-century colonial Peru would prob
ably find which of the following sources most useful? A. Church records of baptisms and funerals
B. Transcripts of court cases involving inheritances
C. Accounts by Spanish doctors of cases of miraculous healings
D. Petitions from Amerindian groups to the colonial government requesting tax relief
In the 17th century natality and mortality was managed by the church. The church had all the records of the people that have been born in that period of time, and of the people that had died (and how did they died; if they had a disease or something in between those matters). A historian that is doing some research about the diseases of a specific population would find this information very important; because by reading the funeral records he could come to a conclusion.
