Author: Boston Public Library
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Languages : en
Pages : 874

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Category : Portuguese literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1496

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Author: Donald McGrady
Publisher: Ardent Media
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Category : Expert systems (Computer science)
Languages : en
Pages : 194

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Author: Boston Public Library
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 894

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Author: Alejandro Caneque
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135945098
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 417

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To rule their vast new American territories, the Spanish monarchs appointed viceroys in an attempt to reproduce the monarchical system of government prevailing at the time in Europe. But despite the political significance of the figure of the viceroy, little is known about the mechanisms of viceregal power and its relation to ideas of kingship. Examining this figure, The King's Living Image challenges long-held perspectives on the political nature of Spanish colonialism, recovering, at the same time, the complexity of the political discourses and practices of Spanish rule. It does so by studying the viceregal political culture that developed in New Spain in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and the mechanisms, both formal and informal, of viceregal rule. In so doing, The King's Living Image questions the very existence of a "colonial state" and contends that imperial power was constituted in ritual ceremonies. It also emphasizes the viceroys' significance in carrying out the civilizing mission of the Spanish monarchy with regard to the indigenous population. The King's Living Image will redefine the ways in which scholars have traditionally looked at the viceregal administration in colonial Mexico.

Author: Hispanic Society of America. Library
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Category : Brazilian literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1022

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Category : Philology, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 362

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Author: Irving Albert Leonard
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472061105
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290

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Illuminates life in the feudal society of colonial Mexico

Author: New York Public Library. Reference Dept
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 1042

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Author: Irving A. Leonard
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520309944
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 508

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Since its original appearance in 1949, Irving A. Leonard's pioneering Books of the Brave has endured as the classic account of the introduction of literary culture to the Spanish New World. Leonard's study documents the works of fiction that accompanied and followed the conquistadores to the Americas and argues that popular texts influenced these men and shaped the way they thought and wrote about their experiences. UC Press's 1992 edition combines Leonard's text with a selection of the documents that were his most valuable sources—nine lists of books destined for the Indies. Containing a wealth of information, these lists provide the documentary evidence for what is perhaps Leonard's greatest contribution: his demonstration that royal and inquisitorial prohibitions failed to control the circulation of books and ideas in colonial Spanish America. Rolena Adorno's introduction reaffirms the lasting value of Books of the Brave and chronicles developments in cultural-historical studies that have shed light on the role of books in Spanish American colonial culture. Adorno situates Leonard's work at the threshold between older, triumphalist views of Spanish conquest history and more recent perspectives engendered by studies of native American peoples. With its rich descriptions of the book trade in both Spain and America, Books of the Brave has much to offer historians as well as literary critics. Indeed, it is a highly readable and engaging book for anyone interested in the cultural life of the New World. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1992.