Antonio de Mendoza: First Viceroy of New Spain
by Arthur Scott Aiton (1894-1955)
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x+240 pages with frontispiece, map, plate, bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. From the library of Professor Donald E Worcester. First edition. Antonio de Mendoza y Pacheco (1495-1552) was the first Viceroy of New Spain, serving from November 14, 1535 to November 25, 1550, and the third Viceroy of Peru, from September 23, 1551, until his death on July 21, 1552. When the Spanish crown issued the New Laws that put restrictions on the grants of elite conquerors awarded grants of labor encomenderos, the viceroy prudently refrained from implementing the most draconian aspects of the edicts, which no longer permitted an encomendero family holding the grant in perpetuity. In Peru, the implementation of the New Laws resulted in outright rebellion and the assassination of the viceroy.[5] In reaction to the crisis caused by the New Laws, Mendoza introduced the policy of obedezco pero no cumplo ("I obey but do not comply"), which means "I respect the authority of the crown, but in my judgment I do not implement particular legislation." He tried to not implement the New Laws, and therefore stabilized the region. Donald E. Worcester (1915-2003) was an American historian who specialized in Southwestern United States and Latin American history. He was president of the Western History Association from 1974-1975. Worcester graduated from Bard College in 1939. He received an M.A. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1941. He then served in the US Naval Reserve in World War II. He received a PhD. from Berkeley in 1947. From 1947 until 1963 he was a professor at the University of Florida. He then was a professor at Texas Christian University and history department chair. From 1960 until 1965 he was managing editor of the Hispanic American Historical Review. Worcester's view that history is made of complexities, not dualities, is seen as foundational for much of the understanding by later scholars of Southwest United States history. Condition: Worcester's name on front end paper, corners bumped, rubbing to corners and spine ends, some marginalia else about very good.
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- Title
- Antonio de Mendoza: First Viceroy of New Spain
- Author
- Arthur Scott Aiton (1894-1955)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - About very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Place of Publication
- Durham
- Date Published
- 1927
- Pages
- x+240 pages with frontispiece, map, plate, bibliography and index
- Size
- Royal octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LATIN AMERICA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Colonial America;
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