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Promiscuous power : an unorthodox history of New Spain /

"Scholars have written reams on the conquest of Mexico, from the grand designs of kings, viceroys, conquistadors, and inquisitors to the myriad ways that indigenous peoples contested imperial authority. But the actual work of establishing the Spanish empire in Mexico fell to a host of local age...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nesvig, Martin Austin, 1968- (Autor)
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2018.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Acknowledgments; Cast of Characters; Introduction; 1. The Conquest of Michoacán, Paradise's Lost and Found; 2. Burning Down the House, in Which the Spiritual Conquistadors Go to War with Each Other; 3. "I Shit on You, Sir"; or, A Rather Unorthodox Lot of Catholics Who Didn't Fear the Inquisition; 4. The Inquisition That Wasn't There, in Which the Locals Removed the Inquisition's Agent from Office and the Inquisition Gave Up; 5. The Crown's Man: An "Incorrigible Delinquent," in Which a Bunch of Sketchy and Murderous Dudes Wrought Havoc in Colima.
  • 6. Caudillo Priests, in Which the Locals Triumphed and Trampled the CrownConclusion; Notes; Index.