The Encomenderos of New Spain, 1521-1555
Title | The Encomenderos of New Spain, 1521-1555 PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Himmerich y Valencia |
Publisher | University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | 365 |
Release | 2009-08-17 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0292779542 |
While the Spanish conquistadors have been stereotyped as rapacious treasure seekers, many firstcomers to the New World realized that its greatest wealth lay in the native populations whose labor could be harnessed to build a new Spain. Hence, the early arrivals in Mexico sought encomiendas—"a grant of the Indians of a prescribed indigenous polity, who were to provide the grantee (the encomendero) tribute in the form of commoditiesand service in return for protection and religious instruction." This study profiles the 506 known encomenderos in New Spain (present-day Mexico) during the years 1521-1555, using their life histories to chart the rise, florescence, and decline of the encomienda system. The first part draws general conclusions about the actual workings of the encomienda system. The second part provides concise biographies of the encomenderos themselves.
The Encomienda in New Spain
Title | The Encomienda in New Spain PDF eBook |
Author | Lesley Byrd Simpson |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | 284 |
Release | 1982-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780520046306 |
The Encomenderos of New Spain, 1521-1555
Title | The Encomenderos of New Spain, 1521-1555 PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Theron Himmerich |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 636 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Encomiendas (Latin America) |
ISBN |
Moctezuma's Children
Title | Moctezuma's Children PDF eBook |
Author | Donald E. Chipman |
Publisher | University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | 225 |
Release | 2010-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0292782640 |
Though the Aztec Empire fell to Spain in 1521, three principal heirs of the last emperor, Moctezuma II, survived the conquest and were later acknowledged by the Spanish victors as reyes naturales (natural kings or monarchs) who possessed certain inalienable rights as Indian royalty. For their part, the descendants of Moctezuma II used Spanish law and customs to maintain and enhance their status throughout the colonial period, achieving titles of knighthood and nobility in Mexico and Spain. So respected were they that a Moctezuma descendant by marriage became Viceroy of New Spain (colonial Mexico's highest governmental office) in 1696. This authoritative history follows the fortunes of the principal heirs of Moctezuma II across nearly two centuries. Drawing on extensive research in both Mexican and Spanish archives, Donald E. Chipman shows how daughters Isabel and Mariana and son Pedro and their offspring used lawsuits, strategic marriages, and political maneuvers and alliances to gain pensions, rights of entailment, admission to military orders, and titles of nobility from the Spanish government. Chipman also discusses how the Moctezuma family history illuminates several larger issues in colonial Latin American history, including women's status and opportunities and trans-Atlantic relations between Spain and its New World colonies.
The Oxford Handbook of Latin American History
Title | The Oxford Handbook of Latin American History PDF eBook |
Author | Jose C. Moya |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | 552 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0195166213 |
This Oxford Handbook comprehensively examines the field of Latin American history.
"Another Jerusalem"
Title | "Another Jerusalem" PDF eBook |
Author | José-Juan López-Portillo |
Publisher | BRILL |
Total Pages | 355 |
Release | 2017-12-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004341455 |
In ‘Another Jerusalem’: Political Legitimacy and Courtly Government in the Kingdom of New Spain (1535-1568) José-Juan López-Portillo offers a new approach to understanding the origins of viceregal political authority in New Spain.
The First Letter from New Spain
Title | The First Letter from New Spain PDF eBook |
Author | John F. Schwaller |
Publisher | University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | 317 |
Release | 2014-05-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0292756712 |
Presenting an authoritative translation and analysis of the only surviving original document from the first months of the Spanish conquest, this book brings to life a decisive moment in the history of Mexico and offers an enlarged understanding of the conquerors' motivations.