ISBN:
9780190233853
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (369 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Graubart, Karen B. Republics of difference
DDC:
909.0971246
Keywords:
Black people
;
Indigenous peoples-Legal status, laws, etc
;
Minorities-Legal status, laws, etc
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Electronic books
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Spanier
;
Atlantischer Raum
;
Pluralistische Gesellschaft
;
Religion
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Spanier
;
Atlantischer Raum
;
Pluralistische Gesellschaft
;
Religion
Abstract:
Republics of Difference is a groundbreaking study of Spanish imperial recognition of the jurisdictions of many self-governing corporate groups, including communities of Jews and Muslims, indigenous peoples, and enslaved and free peoples of African descent, that shows how religiously- and racially-based self-governance functioned in a society with many kinds of law and how this enabled communities in late medieval Spain and colonial Latin America to protect their practices and cultures over time.
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Republics of Difference -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Republics and the Politics of Self-Governance -- Part I -- 1. Religious Republics in Seville, 1248-1502 -- 2. Lima's Indian Republics, 1532-1650 -- Part II -- 3. Institutionalizing Legal Difference in Castile -- 4. Aljama, or the Republic of Difference -- 5. Caciques and Local Governance in the Andes -- 6. Entangled Authority in the Lima Valley -- Part III -- 7. The Specters of Black Self-Governance -- 8. Walls and Law in Lima and Its Cercado -- Conclusion: Republics Producing Difference -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
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