The king's living image : the culture and politics of viceregal power in colonial Mexico /
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| Author / Creator: | Cañeque, Alejandro. |
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| Imprint: | New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2004. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 403 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | New World in the Atlantic world New World in the Atlantic world. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12010984 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 403 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-393) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203326938 9780203326930 9781135945091 1135945098 9780203954591 0203954599 9786610239726 661023972X 0415944449 0415944457 9780415944441 9780415944458 9781135945084 113594508X 1280239727 9781280239724 |