The Audiencia of New Galicia in the Sixteenth Century
A Study in Spanish Colonial Government

A discussion of the day-to-day government of a remote Spanish province at a time when the disorders of conquest were giving way to a settled administration.

J. H. Parry (Author)

9780521080965, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 18 September 2008

224 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.3 cm, 0.3 kg

A discussion of the day-to-day government of a remote Spanish province at a time when the disorders of conquest were giving way to a settled administration.

Part I. The Subordinate Audienica , 1548–72: 1. The Conquest of New Galicia
2. The Foundation of the Audiencia
3. The Audiencia and the Indians
4. The Audiencia and the Conquistadores
5. The Audiencia and the Church
6. The Reorganisation of the Audiencia, 1570–72
Part II. The Audiencia and Royal Chancellery, 1572–1600
7. Administration
8. Jurisdiction and Procedure
9. Conflicts of Jurisdiction.

Subject Areas: History [HB]