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.
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.
Karen B. Graubart is Associate Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. She is the author of the award-winning With Our Labor and Sweat: Indigenous Women and the Formation of Colonial Society in Peru, 1550-1700.
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Acknowledgments Glossary Introduction Part I: Space 1 Religious Republics in Seville, 1248-1502 2 Lima's Indian Republics, 1532-1650 Part II: Jurisdiction 3 Institutionalizing Legal Difference in Castile 4 Aljama, or the Republic of Difference 5 Caciques and Local Governance in the Andes 6 Pueblos de indios: Entangled Authority in the Lima Valley Part III: Order and Disorder 7 The Specters of Black Self-Governance 8 Walls and Law in Lima and Its Cercado Conclusion Glossary Notes Bibliography Index
Acknowledgments Glossary Introduction Part I: Space 1 Religious Republics in Seville, 1248-1502 2 Lima's Indian Republics, 1532-1650 Part II: Jurisdiction 3 Institutionalizing Legal Difference in Castile 4 Aljama, or the Republic of Difference 5 Caciques and Local Governance in the Andes 6 Pueblos de indios: Entangled Authority in the Lima Valley Part III: Order and Disorder 7 The Specters of Black Self-Governance 8 Walls and Law in Lima and Its Cercado Conclusion Glossary Notes Bibliography Index
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