Consideraciones sobre la figura del juez provisor y vicario general y el Tribunal del Provisorato en Nueva España

The text offers a historiographical overview that seeks to highlight the main works that have been devoted to the study of the figure of the provisional judge and vicar general in New Spain, as well as a related institution: the Tribunal del Provisorato. The main contributions of Mexican historiography, as well as the advances and tendencies of historiographical studies in the Iberian Peninsula and the Lusitanian world will be addressed. In this way it will be possible to make a comparison between different regions and latitudes. Finally, the existing gaps and the possibilities of study around the provisional judge and the provisorates, as well as the administration of ecclesiastical justice.