Record Nr.

UNINA9910451681403321

Autore

Roa-de-la-Carrera Cristian A

Titolo

Histories of Infamy : Francisco López de Gómara and the Ethics of Spanish Imperialism / / Cristián A. Roa-de-la-Carrera ; translated by Scott Sessions

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Boulder : , : University Press of Colorado, , op. 2005
©op. 2005

ISBN

1-4571-0966-2

1-280-50136-7

9786610501366

1-4571-1074-1

0-87081-855-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (468 p.)

Disciplina

970.01/6

Soggetti

Mexico colonial

Indios de Mexico

Historiografia de Mexico

Descubrimiento y conquista de Mexico

Cronicas

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Índice.

Bibliografía: p. 239-254.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-254) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; ONE GÓMARA AND THE POLITICS OF CONSENSUS; History as Influence: The Emperor and the Conqueror; Historiography and Empire-Building; In the Service of the King: Historians and Administrators; Contested Histories in a Changing Discursive Landscape; The Authority of Discourse: The Historia general and the World of Fernando Cortés; The Limits of Consensus: Gómara Under Attack; TWO TERRITORIES OF REDEMPTION IN THE NEW WORLD; Geography and Culture in the Colonial World

Territoriality and Sacred History History, Cartography, and Dominion:

Establishing Rights of Conquest; The Indies and Human Diversity; To Inherit the World: Human Intellect and Dominion; THREE EXCHANGE AS A NARRATIVE OF IMPERIAL EXPANSION; Christian Rhetoric, Economic Ends; The Discovery and the Historical Tradition; The Humble Beginnings of the Empire; Exchange as a System of Colonization; Justice and the Dynamics of Intercultural Relations; Searching for a Common Good: Imperialism as a Form of Reciprocity; FOUR GÓMARA AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE INDIES

Ruling the Indians: The King and His Despots The Infamy of Spain and the Conquistadors; Imperialism and Desire; Lordship and Masculinity; The Patriarchal Life of the Conquistador; Bibliography and References Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In Histories of Infamy, Cristián Roa-de-la-Carrera explores Francisco López de Gómara's (1511-ca.1559) attempt to ethically reconcile Spain's civilizing mission with the conquistadors' abuse and exploitation of Native peoples. The most widely read account of the conquest in its time, Gómara's Historia general de las Indias y Conquista de México rationalized the conquistadors' crimes as unavoidable evils in the task of bringing ""civilization"" to the New World. Through an elaborate defense of Spanish imperialism, Gómara aimed to convince his readers of the merits of the conquest, regardless