Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 3
4. Nahua and Quechua Elites of the Colonial Period 9
5. Documents and Studies Legal Proceedings
6. Document 1 Painting of the Idols of the Temple of Huitzilopochtli, Mexico Tenochtitlan, 1539–1540 65
7. Document 2 Land Litigation, Tlatelolco, Mexico, 1558 74
8. Document 3 Lawsuit Brought by Juan Jiménez, Ocotelolco, Tlaxcala, Mexico, 1560 85
9. Document 4 Interrogation of Diego Xiuhnel, Tepeticpac, Tlaxcala, Mexico, 1563 91
10. Document 5 Investigation Regarding a Murder, Aquetzalpan, Tlaxcala, Mexico, 1564 97
11. Document 6 Land Sale Document, Tlaxcala, Mexico, 1607/1608 103
12. Document 7 Land Sale Document, Tlaxcala, Mexico, 1612 108
13. Document 8 Land Sale Document, Santa Bárbara Tamazolco, Mexico, 1637 113
14. Document 9 Land Sale Document, Cholula, Mexico, 1695 116
15. Document 10 Dispute over Land Inheritance, Tlaxcala, Mexico, 1706 121
16. Document 11 Dispute over Land Inheritance, San Juan Ixtenco, Mexico, 1758 128
17. Wills
18. Document 12 Testament of Catalina Papan, Tehuitzco, Mexico, 1571 137
19. Document 13 Testament of María Toztecayatl, Tlaxcala, Mexico, 1576/1600 144
20. Document 14 Testament of Tomás Feliciano, Omaxac Huehuecalco, Coyoacan, Mexico, 1579 150
21. Document 15 Testament of María Lapan, Ydcar Ayllu, Peru, 1596 (?) 157
22. Document 16 Testament of Catalina Carguay Chumbi, Guarochiri, Peru, 1608 163
23. Document 17 Testament of Martín Rimanga, San Gerónimo, Peru, 1612 173
24. Document 18 Testament of Francisca de los Angeles, San Luis Obispo Chalco Tlalmanalco, Mexico, 1663/1743 183
25. Document 19 Testament of Don Diego de San Pedro, a Bill of Sale, and a Declaration of Wages, Santiago Tzacualco, Mexico, 1644 191
26. Document 20 Testament of Doña Juana Flores, Ambar, Peru, 1649 201
27. Document 21 Testament of María Juana, San Juan Ixtenco, Mexico, 1739 216
28. Petitions and Letters
29. Document 22 Petition of Don Pedro de San Juan, Yauhtepec, Mexico, 1545–1559 (?) 223
30. Document 23 Petition of Don Antonio Cortés, Governor and Lord of the Town Called Tlacopan, Mexico, 1552 227
31. Document 24 Letter of the Municipal Council of Tollan Xicocotitlan, Mexico, 1557 232
32. Document 25 Petition for Coat of Arms for Don Francisco Verdugo, Teotihuacan, Mexico, 1558 241
33. Document 26 Petition of the Rulers of Amacatlan Mamepan, Soconusco, Mexico, to the King of Spain, 1562 246
34. Document 27 Petition Concerning Cultivated Land Presented by María Quetzalcocoztli, Ocotelolco, Tlaxcala, Mexico, 1563 251
35. Document 28 Complaint of the Indigenous People from Huamuxtitlan against the Abuses of Local Authorities, Guerrero, 1580 256
36. Document 29 Petition of the Residents of Santa Isabel Xiloxochtlan and San Luis Teolocholco, Mexico, 1624 266
37. Document 30 Complaint Concerning a Bad Priest, Coatlan de Puertos Abajo, Jalisco, Mexico, 1637 270
38. Accounts and Ecclesiastical Writing
39. Document 31 Doctrina Christiana en Lengua Española y Mexicana, 1548 277
40. Document 32 Account of the Commissioning of an Image of the Virgin Mary, Tlaxcala, Mexico, 1600 283
41. Document 33 T’unapa’s Coming 287
42. Document 34 Ritual formulario e institución de curas of Juan Pérez Bocanegra, 1631 295
43. Document 35 Ritual formulario e institución de curas of Juan Pérez Bocanegra, 1631 315
44. Glossary 327
45. References 335
46. Index 349