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Allies at Odds

The Andean Church and Its Indigenous Agents, 1583-1671

by John Charles

  • Paperback
  • 288 pages
  • Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
  • 15.3 x 22.7 x 2.6 cm

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Alternately viewed as servants of evangelization or the plotters of its demise, indios ladinos, native Andeans who mediated contact between the Catholic authorities and indigenous communities, are often omitted from histories of the Spanish spiritual conquest in the New World. Overshadowed by the more powerful European clergy, the experiences of these native assistants--the duties they performed, the historical mechanisms by which they learned Spanish law and writing, their juridical altercations with royal and church authority, and the consequences of native litigation for evangelization as a whole--provide a unique vantage point from which to observe the everyday workings of Spanish colonialism. Focusing on the highland parishes of the Lima archdiocese, John Charles explores the vital, often conflictive role indigenous agents played in the creation of Andean Christian society. Torn between their obligation to enforce colonial laws and their customary obligation to protect native communities from the colonizers abuses, indios ladinos used the Spanish language to complicate the Church s efforts to evangelize on its own terms.Utilizing a vast body of literary activity, Allies at Odds provides perspective on the Spanish cultural values that shaped the literary activity of native Andeans and that native Andeans had a part in shaping

  • Author

    John Charles

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    University of New Mexico Press

  • Published

    November 2010

  • Weight

    454g

  • Page Count

    288

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.7 x 2.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9780826348319

  • ISBN-10

    0826348319

  • Eden Code

    3585544

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