La vida en el Nuevo Mundo desde el estrado de un tribunal: La Real Audiencia Gobernadora de los Confines y de Guatemala en la encrucijada de su segundo presidente, el licenciado Cerrato (1548-1555)

The study of the still not very well known past historical legal and institutional of Central America, in the 16th century, through documented research and archive sources, on the presidents and judges that made up the Court of Justice (Audiencia Real) of Guatemala, it allows to know firsthand its m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Vallejo García-Hevia, José María
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Repositorio:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM
OAI Identifier:oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/39801
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10578/39801
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Administracion civil
Cerrato
Civil Administration
Gobierno
Government
Guatemala
Judges
Jueces
Royal Court
Tribunal Real
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Sumario:The study of the still not very well known past historical legal and institutional of Central America, in the 16th century, through documented research and archive sources, on the presidents and judges that made up the Court of Justice (Audiencia Real) of Guatemala, it allows to know firsthand its main problems and social, political, cultural, economic and fiscal issues. Some issues that affected both the indigenous population and the Spanish population that was in the process of progressive establishment and domination. At the same time that the judges and the president judged and governed between 1544 and 1564 in a collegial manner, constituting a Gobernor Court (Audiencia Gobernadora), were modeling administratively the various territories and the different peoples. Some peoples and territories that would result almost three centuries later, after 1821 Central American Independence, the Republics of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Besides the State of Chiapas that would end up being part of the Federal Republic of Mexico (the United Mexican States). The focus of attention is placed in the decisive period of Presidency that in the middle of the 16th century was awarded by Alonso López Cerrato, friend and supporter of the indigenist ideas of Fray Bartolomé de las Casas.