Theme Five: Power and
Its Discontents
September 27, 29; October 6
Note: Map quiz on the 27th
A. Power Grids: The Construction
and Exercise of Colonial Authority
1. Intersecting Lines of Power Structures
2. The Strengths and Weaknesses of the System
B.
Making Indians
1.
2.
3.
C. The Church's Contribution
1.
2.
Key Terms:
Encomienda/ Encomendero/a Hacienda/ Hacendado /a Repartimiento | Repartimiento de Mercancias Alhóndiga
Royal Fifth |
Alcabala
The New Laws |
Reading Assignments:
Catalina de Erauso Lieutenant Nun: Memoir of a Basque Transvestite in
the New World (Finish reading)
Stern, Peru's Indian Peoples, pp. 27-50; 51-89
Optional Additional Readings:
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