Format:
1 Online-Ressource (355 pages)
ISBN:
9789004341456
Series Statement:
The Atlantic World Ser
Content:
Intro -- Another Jerusalem': Political Legitimacy and Courtly Government in the Kingdom of New Spain (1535-1568) -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Glossary -- A Note on Terms -- Introduction -- Historiographical Background -- 'Another Jerusalem' Reconsidered -- Part 1: New Spain's Original Sin -- 1 Tlatocayotl and Hidalguía: Ideals of Life before the Conquest -- Polities, Palaces and Princes in Mesoamerica -- Hidalguía in the New World up to 1521 -- 2 Original Sin -- Honour among Thieves: The Cortésian Settlement of 1520-1527 -- The Castilian Perspective and Failure of the Cortésian Settlement -- Mendicant Exception -- Conclusion -- Part 2: Courtly Government -- 3 Viceroys and Magnates -- Rivalling the conquistadores -- Managing Officialdom -- Conclusion -- 4 Republic of Spaniards -- Appropriating Royal Grace -- Influence over the encomenderos -- Appropriating Public Ceremonial -- Conclusion -- 5 Republic of Indios -- Alliance with the Friars -- Personal and Courtly Government -- Tribute -- Mediation of Disputes -- Political Patronage -- Indio Chivalry -- Conclusion -- Part 3: 'Another Jerusalem' -- 6 Political Ideals -- Conquest as Conversion -- Liberty, Tyranny and Piety -- Viceroys -- Conclusion -- 7 Constructing New Spain -- Law, Tribute and Bureaucracy -- Principal Citizens and Viceregal Preponderance -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: Cui bono? -- Appendix A: Prominent Courtiers -- I Indigenous Recipients of Viceregal Licences to Bear European Arms or Ride Horses -- i The West: Michoacán, Jalisco and Colima -- ii The Centre: Mexico Basin, Toluca Valley and the Northern Frontier -- iii The East: Tlaxcala and Puebla Valleys -- iv The South: Oaxaca, Tehuantepec and Verapaz -- II Antonio de Mendoza's Household Dependants.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004341449
Additional Edition:
Print version López-Portillo, José-Juan 'Another Jerusalem' : Political Legitimacy and Courtly Government in the Kingdom of New Spain (1535-1568) Boston : BRILL,c2017 ISBN 9789004341449
Language:
English
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