Luis de Castilleja y Puruata: a Powerful Noble between Two Periods of Indigenous Government
Indigenous noblemen during the early period of New Spain have always attracted the attention of historians. Nevertheless this interest wanes when their descendants began to lose their wealth, prerogatives and privileges. However, they were still relevant in Indian society and government and deserve...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2009 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Estudios de Historia Novohispana |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/3662 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://novohispana.historicas.unam.mx/index.php/ehn/article/view/3662 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Luis de Castilleja y Puruata gobierno indígena Pátzcuaro Michoacán siglo XVII Indian government 18th century |
| Sumario: | Indigenous noblemen during the early period of New Spain have always attracted the attention of historians. Nevertheless this interest wanes when their descendants began to lose their wealth, prerogatives and privileges. However, they were still relevant in Indian society and government and deserve to be carefully studied. This work is about the public life of Luis de Castilleja y Puruata, the great grand-son of the last “natural lord” of Michoacán, who dominated the public life of Pátzcuaro during the early 17th century. The author holds that his authority was never completely stable because he could not be supported by old lineage loyalties and instead depended on relations with the various towns, districts and corporations that comprised the Indian “republic”. |
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