Movilidad y rugosidad en la comunicación política imperial: las primeras gestiones en la Corte de los miembros de la expedición de Legazpi a Filipinas (1565-1573)

The article discusses the first three messengers sent to Madrid from the Philippines and Mexico to report on the progress of the "Jornada del Poniente" led by Miguel López de Legazpi and to present a series of petitions. The issues at stake were, on the one hand, the boundary between Spani...

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Main Author: Guillaume Gaudin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains 2020-02-01
Series:Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/79411
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description The article discusses the first three messengers sent to Madrid from the Philippines and Mexico to report on the progress of the "Jornada del Poniente" led by Miguel López de Legazpi and to present a series of petitions. The issues at stake were, on the one hand, the boundary between Spanish and Portuguese established by the Treaty of Zaragoza signed in 1529 and, on the other hand, the desire of the expedition members to begin the conquest. The Madrid negotiations are also taking place in the context of the reform of the Indian government, which took shape in 1568 with the Junta Magna. Ultimately, the article first demonstrates the role of knowledge, as a resource and capital, in the relationship established between the king and his distant vassals. Second, it examines the value of physical presence at the Court to present and defend petitions. Third, the article shows that the messenger had a kind of monopoly in the Court that could be contrary to the interests of the mandators. In conclusion, we understand that, in the Hispanic imperial space, communication had been confronted with socio-political rather than geographical "roughness".
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spelling doaj.art-19557811d1284dacacdc547ae3683d212024-02-14T16:53:25ZengCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes AméricainsNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos1626-02522020-02-0110.4000/nuevomundo.79411Movilidad y rugosidad en la comunicación política imperial: las primeras gestiones en la Corte de los miembros de la expedición de Legazpi a Filipinas (1565-1573)Guillaume GaudinThe article discusses the first three messengers sent to Madrid from the Philippines and Mexico to report on the progress of the "Jornada del Poniente" led by Miguel López de Legazpi and to present a series of petitions. The issues at stake were, on the one hand, the boundary between Spanish and Portuguese established by the Treaty of Zaragoza signed in 1529 and, on the other hand, the desire of the expedition members to begin the conquest. The Madrid negotiations are also taking place in the context of the reform of the Indian government, which took shape in 1568 with the Junta Magna. Ultimately, the article first demonstrates the role of knowledge, as a resource and capital, in the relationship established between the king and his distant vassals. Second, it examines the value of physical presence at the Court to present and defend petitions. Third, the article shows that the messenger had a kind of monopoly in the Court that could be contrary to the interests of the mandators. In conclusion, we understand that, in the Hispanic imperial space, communication had been confronted with socio-political rather than geographical "roughness".https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/79411knowledgeconquestPhilippinespolitical communicationroughness
spellingShingle Guillaume Gaudin
Movilidad y rugosidad en la comunicación política imperial: las primeras gestiones en la Corte de los miembros de la expedición de Legazpi a Filipinas (1565-1573)
Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos
knowledge
conquest
Philippines
political communication
roughness
title Movilidad y rugosidad en la comunicación política imperial: las primeras gestiones en la Corte de los miembros de la expedición de Legazpi a Filipinas (1565-1573)
title_full Movilidad y rugosidad en la comunicación política imperial: las primeras gestiones en la Corte de los miembros de la expedición de Legazpi a Filipinas (1565-1573)
title_fullStr Movilidad y rugosidad en la comunicación política imperial: las primeras gestiones en la Corte de los miembros de la expedición de Legazpi a Filipinas (1565-1573)
title_full_unstemmed Movilidad y rugosidad en la comunicación política imperial: las primeras gestiones en la Corte de los miembros de la expedición de Legazpi a Filipinas (1565-1573)
title_short Movilidad y rugosidad en la comunicación política imperial: las primeras gestiones en la Corte de los miembros de la expedición de Legazpi a Filipinas (1565-1573)
title_sort movilidad y rugosidad en la comunicacion politica imperial las primeras gestiones en la corte de los miembros de la expedicion de legazpi a filipinas 1565 1573
topic knowledge
conquest
Philippines
political communication
roughness
url https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/79411
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