In:
Journal of Latin American Studies, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 13, No. 1 ( 1981-05), p. 57-82
Abstract:
A late-comer in the privileged corporate structure of New Spain, the army struggled to wrest a position and to gain recognition. Other jurisdictions such as the merchant consulados, the Acordada, the Mining Guild, and the jealous creole-dominated ayuntamientos , contested military pretensions and triggered numerous judicial and jurisdictional disputes over how far the military could extend its legal powers. Representatives of the reformed Bourbon civil administration, unsure in some instances of the limits of their own authority, did not welcome a dynamic and grasping presence. For their own part, the army officers dispatched to command Mexican regular and militia units often represented the aggressively haughty airs of the European Spaniard – attitudes that rasped at the deep-rooted inferiority of the creoles and left them enraged. Little wonder that there was a constant stream of disputes, misunderstandings, and challenges directed against the army and the fucro militar . 1
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0022-216X
,
1469-767X
DOI:
10.1017/S0022216X00006167
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
1981
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1481672-6
SSG:
7,36
SSG:
3,6
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