Republics of difference religious and racial self-governance in the Spanish Atlantic world / Karen B. Graubart.
| Author/creator | Graubart, Karen B. |
| Other author | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Oxford University Press, [2022] |
| Description | xiii, 351 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Religious and racial self-governance in the Spanish Atlantic world |
| Contents | Republics and the politics of self-governance -- Religious republics in Seville, 1248-1502 -- Lima's Indian republics, 1532-1650 -- Institutionalizing legal difference in Castile -- Aljama, or the republic of difference -- Caciques and local governance in the Andes -- Entangled authority in the Lima Valley -- The specters of Black self-governance -- Walls and law in Lima and its Cercado -- Republic producing difference. |
| Contents | Part 1: Space -- Religious Republics in Seville, 1248-1502 -- Lima's Indian Republics, 1532-1650 -- Part 2: Jurisdiction -- Institutionalizing Legal Difference in Castile -- Aljama, or the Republic of Difference -- Caciques and Local Governance in the Andes -- Pueblos de indios: Entangled Authority in the Lima Valley -- Part 3: Order and Disorder -- The Specters of Black Self-Governance -- Walls and Law in Lima and Its Cercado. |
| Abstract | "Spanish monarchs recognized the jurisdictions of many self-governing corporate groups, including Jews and Muslims on the peninsula, indigenous peoples in their American colonies, and enslaved and free people of African descent across the empire. Republics of Difference examines fifteenth-century Seville and sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Lima to show how religiously- and racially-based self-governance functioned in a society with many kinds of law, what effects it had on communities, and why it mattered. By comparing these minoritized communities on both sides of the Spanish Atlantic world, this study offers a new understanding of the distinct standings of those communities in their urban settings. Drawing on legal and commercial records from late medieval Spain and colonial Latin America, Karen B. Graubart paints insightful portraits of residents' everyday lives to underscore the discriminatory barriers as well as the occupational structures, social hierarchies, and networks in which they flourished. In doing so, she demonstrates the limits, benefits, and dangers of living under one's own law in the Spanish empire, including the ways self-governance enabled some communities to protect their practices and cultures over time."--Publisher description. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-322) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022417151 |
| ISBN | 9780190233846 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0190233842 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780190233839 (hbk.) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |