Juan de Torquemada (historian)
Juan de Torquemada (* between 1557 and 1565 in Torquemada , † January 1, 1624 in Mexico City ) was a Spanish missionary and chronicler .
Torquemada went to Mexico as a member of the Franciscan Order , where he became a student of Gerónimo de Mendieta . In 1600 he worked as Guardian , later as Rector of the Church in Santiago Tlatelolco . In 1615 his book " Monarquia Indiana " was published in Seville . The work that deals with the history of the Aztecs under Spanish rule is essentially a translation of Mendieta's “ Historia eclesiastica indiana ”. Yet it contains sharp criticism of the resettlement program that the Spanish administration imposed on the Indian communities.
Works
- Veynte y un libros rituales y monarchia yndiana, con el origen y guerras, de los yndios occidentales, De sus poblaciones, Descubrimientos, Conquista, conversion y otras Cosas marauillosas de la misma Tierra . Part 1-3, Seville 1615.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Margot Faak (ed.), Alexander von Humboldt: Journey through Venezuela. Selection from the American travel diaries . (= Contributions to Alexander von Humboldt research) Akademie Verlag, 2000, ISBN 978-3-050-02777-7 , p. 590
- ↑ Berthold Riese: The Empire of the Aztecs - History and Culture . CH Beck, 2011, ISBN 978-3-40-661400-2 , p. 393
- ↑ Carlo Klauth: Historical construction during the conquest of Mexico using the example of the chroniclers Bernal Diáz del Castillo, Bartolomé de las Casas and Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo . Georg Olms Verlag, 2012, ISBN 9783487420493 , p. 74
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Torquemada, Juan de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish Franciscan and chronicler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1557 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Torquemada |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1, 1624 |
| Place of death | Mexico city |