The 1624 Tumult of Mexico in Perspective (C. 1620-1650) : Authority and Conflict Resolution in the Iberian Atlantic.
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TextSeries: European Expansion and Indigenous Response SeriesPublisher: Boston : BRILL, 2017Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (393 pages)Content type: - text
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- 9789004335486
- F1231 .B355 2018
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Archives in Spain -- Other Archives -- Published Primary Sources -- Transcription System -- Expansion of Words -- Phonetic Transcription -- Bibliography for the Biblical Quotes -- The Tumult in Brief -- Introduction -- The Scale of the Mexican Disturbances -- Royal Authority as a Tool of Integration in the Iberian Atlantic -- Historiographical Approaches to the Tumult of 1624 -- Part 1. Rethinking the Tumult in Perspective -- Chapter 1. Theatre of the Disturbances -- Windows onto the Iberian Atlantic World -- Metropolis in the New World -- The Composite Nature of Mexican Urban Population -- The Broad Urban Scenario of Early Modern Times -- Royal Authority in Flesh and Blood -- Chapter 2. Pre-Dating the Tumult -- The Mexican Audiencia at the Time of Guadalcazar -- Guadalcazar: el Buen Rey or a Despotic Viceroy? -- Historiography on Guadalcazar's Mandates -- From Mexico to Lima -- The Logistics of Communication in the Iberian Atlantic -- Chapter 3. A Viceroy in an Age of Decline -- Royal Appointment by Philip III -- Gelves's First Entry in Mexico City -- First Impressions in the New World -- Positive Feedback to the Council -- Reforming Local Custom and Patronising Municipal Institutions -- Supervising the Administration of Justice -- The First Arrest of Oidor Vergara Gaviria -- Old World Casuistry and New Instructions from Spain -- Chapter 4. The Two Heads of the Viceroyalty -- The Administration of the Faith: A Sensitive Topic -- Idyll between Archbishop and Viceroy -- Deterioration of the Varaez Case -- Two Majesties in Conflict -- Juntas in Spanish America -- Authority from Theory to Practice -- The Cathedral of Mexico and the Scale of Conflicts -- New Year and the Eve of the Tumult.
The Beginning of the End -- Reactions to the Exile -- Chapter 5. Storming the Viceregal Palace -- Royal Authority Performed in the Mexican Zócalo -- The King Arrested and the Pope Exiled -- Sacred Objects in the Battlefield -- A Heretic Viceroy in Mexico City? -- 'Long Live to the King and Death to Heretics!' -- The Insurgents' Requests -- From Fire to Firearms -- The Regency -- The Viceroy is Missing -- The Tumult is Over -- Who were These Insurgents Anyway? -- Illustrations -- Part 2. The Long Road to Resolution -- Chapter 6. The Day After -- Comuneros of New Spain? -- The Pillage of the Palace -- 'No God, nor King, nor Judges!' -- The Mexican Delegation -- The Viceroy Besieged -- Justice and Power Performed by the Audiencia -- Sparkling the Transatlantic Debate -- A New Viceroy in an Age of Crisis -- Restoration of Viceregal Authority -- Two Viceroys, Two Schools of Politics -- The Archbishop of Mexico in Europe -- Chapter 7. Tools of Control from the Metropolitan Court -- Preparations for the General Inspection -- The Beginning of the Inspection -- Gelves's Judicial Examination -- Viceroys' Authority above Everything Else -- The Second Arrest of Oidor Vergara Gaviria -- Mexico City under Pressure Again -- The End of Gelves's Juicio de Residencia (in Mexico) -- Unsettling Metropolitan Considerations about the Inspection -- Chapter 8. From the Inspection to the General Pardon -- Another Extraordinary Junta at the Court of Philip IV -- The Mexican Pardon in Perspective -- The New Archbishop of Mexico -- Restoration of Religious Authority -- The Edict of the Pardon -- The New Inspection -- Different Interpretations of the Pardon -- More Tensions in Mexico City -- The Resilience of the Gelvista Party -- Antonio Brámbila y Arriaga -- Mexican Political Satires -- Bernardino de Urrutia.
Chapter 9. Metropolitan Déjà Vu -- Two Heads in Opposition, Again -- 'There is Only One Viceroy in New Spain!' -- Assessing the Junta del Tumulto de México -- The Members of the Junta -- The Hidden 'Life' of the Junta del Tumulto -- An Ongoing Discussion outside the Junta -- Rethinking Metropolitan Perceptions of Mexican Politics -- The Viceroys' Sentences -- Conclusions -- Appendix. A Fructibus Eorum Cognoscetis Eos -- Glossary -- Select Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- Archivio di Stato di Firenze -- Archivo de la Chancillería de Valladolid -- Archivo de la Corona de Aragón -- Archivo de la Duquesa de Alba -- Archivo General de las Indias -- Archivo General de Simancas -- Archivo Histórico de la Universidad de Sevilla -- Archivo Histórico Nacional -- Archivo Histórico Nacional, Sección Nobleza -- Archivo Histórico Provincial de Valladolid -- Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana-Florence, Italy -- Biblioteca Nacional de España -- Bodleian Library -- British Library -- Real Academia de la Historia -- Real Biblioteca de Palacio -- Rijksmuseum Amsterdam -- Österreichische Nationalbibliothek -- Vatican Library -- Published Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Online Resources -- Index.
The 1624 Tumult of Mexico in Perspective proves that, despite the various conflicts underlying the disturbances in New Spain between circa 1620 and 1650, there was no intention to do away with the authority of the king.
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