An Unorthodox History of New Spain
by
Martin Austin Nesvig
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2018
Scholars have written reams on the conquest of Mexico, from the grand designs of kings, viceroys, conquistadors, and inquisitors to the myriad ways that indigenous peoples contested imperial authority. But the actual work of establishing the Spanish empire in Mexico fell to a host of local agents—magistrates,...