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Honor and Personhood in Early Modern Mexico
Osvaldo F. Pardo
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Osvaldo F. Pardo examines the early dissemination of European views on law and justice among Mexico's native peoples. Newly arrived from Spain in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, mendicant friars brought not only their faith in the authority of the Catholic Church but also their reverence of the monarchy. Drawing on a rich range of documents dating from this era—including secular and ecclesiastical legislation, legal and religious treatises, bilingual catechisms, grammars on indigenous languages, historical accounts, and official reports and correspondence—Pardo finds that honor, as well as related notions such as reputation, came to play a central role in shaping the lives and social relations of colonists and indigenous Mexicans alike. Following the application and adaptation of European ideas of justice and royal and religious power as they took hold in the New World, Pardo sheds light on the formation of colonial legalities and long-lasting views, both secular and sacred, that still inform attitudes toward authority in contemporary Mexican society.
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Cover
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Title
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Copyright
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Dedication
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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Chapter 1 On Things and Possessions
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Chapter 2 Missionaries, Honor, and the Law
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Chapter 3 Missionaries, Oaths, and Indian Testimonies
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Chapter 4 How to Punish Indians in Early Colonial Mexico
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Conclusion
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Bibliography
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Index
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Published: 2015
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
- 978-0-472-11962-2 (hardcover)
- 978-0-472-12120-5 (ebook)