De qadis y caciques

This essay proposes a connection between the limited autonomy granted to indigenous communities, under a cacique, in the colonized New World, and that previously granted to mudéjar or Muslim communities, under a qadi, in late medieval Iberia. Not only is the relationship between these two structures...

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Main Author: Karen B. Graubart
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Institut Français d'Études Andines 2008-03-01
Series:Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/bifea/3308
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description This essay proposes a connection between the limited autonomy granted to indigenous communities, under a cacique, in the colonized New World, and that previously granted to mudéjar or Muslim communities, under a qadi, in late medieval Iberia. Not only is the relationship between these two structures evident in terms of law and theoretical spatial organization, but also in terms of the failure of the structures to effectively «contain» their populations, as seen in archival evidence from Lima and Sevilla, where members of supposedly segregated communities worked interdependently with those of their colonizers.
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spelling doaj.art-ebb7eda579364547a5c6a3ae2f25c5c42024-02-14T16:34:06ZspaInstitut Français d'Études AndinesBulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines0303-74952076-58272008-03-0137839110.4000/bifea.3308De qadis y caciquesKaren B. GraubartThis essay proposes a connection between the limited autonomy granted to indigenous communities, under a cacique, in the colonized New World, and that previously granted to mudéjar or Muslim communities, under a qadi, in late medieval Iberia. Not only is the relationship between these two structures evident in terms of law and theoretical spatial organization, but also in terms of the failure of the structures to effectively «contain» their populations, as seen in archival evidence from Lima and Sevilla, where members of supposedly segregated communities worked interdependently with those of their colonizers.https://journals.openedition.org/bifea/3308LimacaciqueIndiansMudéjarSevilletribute
spellingShingle Karen B. Graubart
De qadis y caciques
Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines
Lima
cacique
Indians
Mudéjar
Seville
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title De qadis y caciques
title_full De qadis y caciques
title_fullStr De qadis y caciques
title_full_unstemmed De qadis y caciques
title_short De qadis y caciques
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topic Lima
cacique
Indians
Mudéjar
Seville
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url https://journals.openedition.org/bifea/3308
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