Book
The conquest of Michoacán: the Spanish domination of the Tarascan Kingdom in Western Mexico, 1521-1530
University of Oklahoma Press • Norman • Published In 1985 • Pages:
By: Warren, J. Benedict.
Abstract
Warren provides a brief overview of the Tarascan kingdom or empire before the arrival of the Spanish. He describes it's borders, population, religion, the nobility, some of the theories on the origins of the Tarascan people and their language, their social customs, decorative arts, and natural resources. Relations between the Tarascans and the Aztecs are also described. Most of this book, however, is about the first ten years of the Spanish conquest and rule over the Tarascans in Michoacán, their acculturation, the encomienda system, the Spanish requests for tribute from the Tarascans, and the history of the last Tarascan king or CAZONCI. In describing the first ten years of contact, Warren explores the installation, authority, functions, powers, and household of the CAZONCI. The book ends with the execution of the CAZONCI by the Spanish.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2001
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Central Mexico
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Historian
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry ; 2000
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 600 BP - 470 BP (1400 A.D. - 1530 A.D.)
- Coverage Place
- Tarascan State; Michoacán
- Notes
- By J. Benedict Warren
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-335) and index
- LCCN
- 84040280
- LCSH
- Indians of Mexico--Antiquities