"Another Jerusalem" : political legitimacy and courtly government in the Kingdom of New Spain (1535-1568) / by José-Juan López-Portillo.

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

xvii, 337 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

In '?Another Jerusalem?: Political Legitimacy and Courtly Government in the Kingdom of New Spain (1535-1568)' José-Juan López-Portillo offers a new approach to understanding why the most densely populated and culturally sophisticated regions of Mesoamerica accepted the authority of Spanish viceroys. By focusing on the routines and practices of quotidian political life in New Spain, and the ideological affinities that bound indigenous and non-indigenous political communities to the viceregal regime, López Portillo discloses the formation of new loyalties, interests and identities particular to New Spain. Rather than the traditional view of European colonial domination over a demoralized indigenous population, New Spain now appears as Mexico City?s sub-empire: an aggregate of the Habsburg ?composite monarchy?.

Online version: Lopez-Portillo, Jose-Juan, author. "Another Jerusalem" Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017

English

March 13, 2018

Includes bibliographical references and index.