The Aztecs Under Spanish Rule: A History of the Indians of the Valley of Mexico, 1519-1810Stanford University Press, 1964 - 657 pages Here is the complete history of the Indians of the Valley of Mexico, one of the two most important religious groups in the Spanish empire in America, from the Conquest to Independence in the early nineteenth century. Based upon ten years of research, this study focuses on the effect if Spanish institutions on Indian life at the local level. |
Contents
The Valley of Mexico I | 1 |
Tribes | 9 |
Towns | 32 |
Encomienda and Corregimiento | 58 |
Religion | 98 |
The People | 136 |
The Political Town | 166 |
Tribute and Town Finance | 194 |
Production and Exchange | 335 |
The City | 368 |
Conclusion | 403 |
Appendixes | 413 |
Abbreviations | 465 |
Notes | 467 |
Glossary | 599 |
Bibliography | 607 |
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The Aztecs Under Spanish Rule: A History of the Indians of the Valley of ... Charles Gibson No preview available - 1976 |
The Aztecs Under Spanish Rule: A History of the Indians of the Valley of ... Charles Gibson No preview available - 1964 |
The Aztecs Under Spanish Rule: A History of the Indians of the Valley of ... Charles Gibson No preview available - 1976 |
Common terms and phrases
Acolhua Acolman agricultural alcaldes Alzate Atenco Axapusco Azcapotzalco Aztec BAGN barrios Bentura Beleña cabecera cabildo cacique Cartas CDIAI CDIHE Cervantes de Salazar Chalco Chimalhuacan Chimalpahin chinampas Citlaltepec Coatepec Códice cofradía colonial period Congregaciones conquest corregidores corregimiento Cortés Coyoacan Crónica Cuauhtitlan Cuitlahuac Culhuacan Desagüe Descripción doctrina documents Ecatepec eighteenth century encomenderos encomienda estancias Gacetas de literatura García Pimentel gobernador hacienda Historia Hospital de Jesús Huitzilopochco Indios Ixtlilxochitl Juan jurisdiction Justicia labor land late colonial libro López maize Mercedes Mexicalzingo Mexico City modo de tributar Monarchia indiana Montezuma Motolinía native NCDHM obrajes Otumba passim pesos population pre-conquest reales per fanega Recopilación sumaria records Relación repartimiento Sahagún Santa sixteenth century Spaniards Spanish sujetos Tacuba tasaciones Tenochtitlan Teotihuacan Tepaneca Tepetlaoztoc Tepexpan Texcoco Tierras Tizayuca Tlalmanalco tlatoani Torquemada towns tributaries tribute Valley of Mexico viceregal viceroy visitas Xaltocan Xochimilco Zumpango