Fragmentos de la Vida, Y Virtudes del V. Illmo. Y Rmo. Sr. Dr. D. Vasco de Quiroga: Primer Obispo de la Santa Iglesia Cathedral de Michoacan, Y Fundad

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Los textos aquí reunidos señalan los elementos que aportó la población otomí de Jilotepec en la creación del sistema colonial y se analizan aspectos de la organización territorial relevantes en su lucha por la sobrevivencia ante la penetración occidental.

La conquista de América provocó una catástrofe demográfica de las poblaciones indígenas de enorme gravedad y trascendencia. Tras las atribuciones de la historia (y la propaganda) tradicional europea a la “crueldad” y “rapiña” de los conquistadores españoles, estudios más objetivos apuntaron a la responsabilidad en el proceso de las patologías exportadas al Nuevo Mundo por los europeos. Sin embargo, ninguna de las dos explicaciones daba cuenta, satisfactoriamente, del enorme quebranto y declive poblacional de los indios de América. Como que para indagar las causas y los...