The business of conquest : empire, love, and law in the Atlantic world /

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The Spanish conquest has long been a source of polemic, ever since the early sixteenth century when Spanish jurists began theorizing the legal merits behind native dispossession in the Americas. But in The Business of Conquest: Empire, Love, and Law in the Atlantic World, Nicole D. Legnani demonstra...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Legnani, Nicole Delia, 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, 2020.
Subjects:
1500-1599
Colonies > Administration.
Diplomatic relations.
Spanish colonies.
Spain > Foreign relations > 16th century.
Spain > Colonies > Administration > 16th century.
Spain > Religious life and customs > 16th century.
Espagne > Relations extérieures > 16e siècle.
Espagne > Colonies > Administration > 16e siècle.
Spain.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: setting sail with Felipce Guaman Poma de Ayala (1550-1616)
  • On the same boat: Iberian ventures in Christian conquest
  • Contracting love interests
  • Telling islands in the Claribalte and the Historia de las Indias
  • The spector of Las Casas in the political theology of Jose de Acosta
  • The bidding of empire : the Curacas negotiate dominion with Philip II
  • Epilogue: (no) exit: the maroons of Empire.

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