Códice de Temascaltepec : gobierno indio y conflictos territoriales en el siglo XVI

Date:

2010.

Collecting Area:

Rare Books

Call Number:

KGF 2210 C74 A52 2010 LOCAL

Oversized:

***

Publisher:

Gobierno del Estado de México, Consejo Editorial de la Administración Pública Estatal

ISBN:

9786074950441

Abstract:

A major paleographic and iconographic analysis on an early colonial document (1566) from a criminal trial between two neighborhood ethnic groups in what is now the State of México. This legal dispute was integrated in a documental body of double nature: 12 plates that represent in the Pre-Columbian pictorial tradition with representations of the amount of the stolen and burned goods, its monetary value and the accusation of the plaintiffs. 72 additional folios (written on both sides) contain the statements, proofs and allegations. The combination of both versions: pictorial and written reflect the true motives behind the lawsuit between Temascaltepec and Malacatepec: the ethnic conflicts between matlatzincas and mazahuas resulting from colonial political and administrative reforms during the 16th century. The author offers a hypothesis stating that ancient conflicts between these two ethnic groups were reactivated when the viceregal government defied the limits in the new colonial jurisdiction against the former Pre-Columbian organization based in the ethnical-political entity of the altepetl. The original manuscript titled: "Pièces d' un Procès criminel (Temazcaltepec)" is part of the holdings of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France [Fonds Mexicain, no. 111].

Physical Description:

285 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 42 cm.

Series:

Colección Mayor Estado de México. Patrimonio de un pueblo, Biblioteca mexiquense del bicentenario, and Biblioteca mexiquense del bicentenario. Colección mayor, Estado de México, patrimonio de un pueblo.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-285).

Subjects:

Trials Mexico History 16th century, Indians of Mexico Land tenure Mexico Mexico (State) History 16th century Sources, Mazahua Indians Legal status, laws, etc. Mexico Mexico (State) History 16th century Sources, Matlatzinca Indians Legal status, laws, etc. Mexico Mexico (State) History 16th century Sources, Indians of Mexico Land tenure, and Trials

Genres/Forms:

History and Sources

Corporate Names:

Bibliothèque nationale de France. Manuscript. Mexicain 111

Chronological Terms:

1500-1599 fast

Geographic Terms:

Mexico and Mexico Mexico (State)

Titles:

Códice de Temascaltepec