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Great Cruelties Have Been Reported : The 1544 Investigation of the Coronado Expedition /

This book details the investigation into the cruelties that Coronado and his men reportedly inflicted upon the Native peoples of the Southwest, delving deeper into the known copies of the investigation and piecing together a look at Spaniards' attempts to mitigate the violence that had characte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Flint, Richard, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2013
Edición:University of New Mexico Press edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The historical background
  • The texts and editorial protocols
  • Lorenzo de Tejada and the beginning of the investigation
  • The first de oficio witnesses, Francisca de Hozes and Alonso Sánchez
  • Juan Gómez de Paradinas, the third de oficio witness
  • Domingo Martín, the fourth de oficio witness
  • Juan de Contreras, the fifth de oficio witness
  • Rodrigo Ximón, the sixth de oficio witness
  • Cristóbal de Escobar, the seventh de oficio witness
  • Juan Troyano, the eighth de oficio witness
  • Rodrigo de Frías, the ninth de oficio witness
  • Melchior Perez, the tenth de oficio witness
  • Pedro de Ledesma, the eleventh de oficio witness
  • Juan de Zaldívar, the twelfth de oficio witness
  • The nominal target of the investigation, Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
  • Alonso Álvarez, the fourteenth de oficio witness
  • The fiscal's accusations against Vázquez de Coronado
  • The maestre de campo held responsible
  • Defense offered by Vázquez de Coronado
  • Diego López, the second de parte witness
  • Luis de Figueredo, the third de parte witness
  • Pedro de Tovar, the fourth de parte witness
  • Further defense
  • A final and definitive decision
  • Partisan testimony as source material for history
  • Results and repercussions of the expedition to Tierra Nueva from documentary and archeological sources
  • Afterword
  • Appendix 1 : Origins, ages, and arrival of 115 members of the expedition to Tierra Nueva
  • Appendix 2 : Biographical data
  • Appendix 3 : Geographical data.