This second edition, which has been revised and augmented with documentary appendixes —made by the author, here added by our editor¾, returns the work of father Del Barco to the hands of those specialists interested in ...

La conquista de México fue un proceso histórico complejo que abrió las puertas a la transformación radical de las sociedades mesoamericanas. Con 502 años de antigüedad, el evento aún genera controversia y diversas ...

The keystone upon which Colonial society developed was the city. Administrative, economical, and ecclesiastical capitals, cities became intricate sites, whose inner workings were shaped by the presence of the church. In ...

Church was built upon territories where its jurisdiction was established with wide social, economic, and political influence. Apart from diocesan jurisdiction and religious orders, tribunals were structured together with ...

Was the native’s attachment to their religious traditions a symptom of superstition and idolatry? Was the local interpretation and appropriation of catholic rituals a symptom of ignorance? This book studies the way the ...

"Inscription, Salads, and Diaries of this Royal Bourbon," by José Hermenegildo Sánchez García, is the new paleographic and electronic version of the only colonial chronicle written in the Colony of Nuevo Santander, present-day ...

"The book addresses the crucial years in which the inhabitants of Mexico City claimed their rightful place within the Spanish monarchy at the beginning of Philip IV's reign. As members of a city that considered itself the ...

In the prologue, the author proposes that, despite previous discussions, the regional and monographic aspects of history are as important as the big generalizations that cover times, cultures, or cycles. Pioneer in regional ...

Interesting study about the controversy has broken out between distinguished representative of the novo Hispanic and metropolitan scientific community, as José Antonio de Alzate, Vicente Cervantes, José Dionisio Larréatequi ...

New Spain and the Hispanic Pacific brings together works resulting from the academic career of Carmen Yuste López, who has dedicated more than 40 years to research on trade, transpacific connections, and the Manila Galleon, ...