Titu Cusi: A 16th Century Account of the Conquest
First written in 1570, this work now published for the first time in modern Spanish with an English translation sheds light on the Inqa (Inca) world. The writing of the Instrucción followed more than a decade of negotiations and skirmishes between Inqa rebels and Spanish officials who were receiving their orders from Spain to find a diplomatic, or alternatively violent, solution to integrate these independently governed territories under Spanish colonial rule.
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Titu Cusi: A 16th Century Account of the Conquest
First written in 1570, this work now published for the first time in modern Spanish with an English translation sheds light on the Inqa (Inca) world. The writing of the Instrucción followed more than a decade of negotiations and skirmishes between Inqa rebels and Spanish officials who were receiving their orders from Spain to find a diplomatic, or alternatively violent, solution to integrate these independently governed territories under Spanish colonial rule.
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Titu Cusi: A 16th Century Account of the Conquest

Titu Cusi: A 16th Century Account of the Conquest

Titu Cusi: A 16th Century Account of the Conquest

Titu Cusi: A 16th Century Account of the Conquest

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Overview

First written in 1570, this work now published for the first time in modern Spanish with an English translation sheds light on the Inqa (Inca) world. The writing of the Instrucción followed more than a decade of negotiations and skirmishes between Inqa rebels and Spanish officials who were receiving their orders from Spain to find a diplomatic, or alternatively violent, solution to integrate these independently governed territories under Spanish colonial rule.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780674019737
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 01/30/2006
Series: Series on Latin American Studies , #15
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 236
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Nicole Delia Legnani is an independent scholar.

Frank Salomon is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

José Antonio Mazzotti is Professor and Chair of Romance Languages and Literatures, Tufts University.

Table of Contents

Preface

Foreword

A Necessary Contextualization

Introduction

Prior Editions of the Instrucción

The Fate of the Translators: A Note on This Edition

Validating a Son's Vision: Reading for Inqa ritual within a Spanish legal genre

A Bid for Qhapaq Status from the New Inqa Center of Vilcabamba: performance and a reading of the Instrucción as a Waka

Instrucción del Inga don Diego de Castro Titu Cusi Yupangui para el muy ilustre Señor el Licenciado Lope García de Castro

Instruction of the Inqa Don Diego de Castro Titu Kusi Yupanki for his Most Illustrious Lord Licenciate Lope García de Castro

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