The Men of Cajamarca : A Social and Biographical Study of the First Conquerors of Peru /
In November 1532, a group of 168 Spaniards seized the Inca emperor Atahuallpa in the town of Cajamarca, in the northern Peruvian highlands. Their act, quickly taken as a symbol of the conquest of a vast empire, brought them unprecedented rewards in gold and silver; it made them celebrities, gave the...
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
[2022]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- PART I. SOCIAL PHENOMENA
- 1. Narrative Preliminaries: Cajamarca and Other Episodes in the Conquest of Peru
- 2. Before the Event
- 3. After the Event
- 4. Organization, Politics, and Faction
- 5. The Roll of Cajamarca
- 6. Some General Reflections
- PART II. THE MEN
- 7. Leaders
- 8. Hidalgos
- 9. Clerks
- 10. Men of Affairs
- II. Marginal Hidalgos and Solid Commoners
- 12. Artisans
- 13. Men from the Sea
- 14. Lower Plebeians
- 15. The Obscure
- 16. Auxiliaries
- Appendix I. A Letter from Cajamarca
- Appendix II. Mistakes, Lies, and Legends: Men Who Were Not at Cajamarca
- Bibliography
- Index