Consapevolezza dello spazio e plasticità giuridica. Due fasi nella regolazione delle encomiendas indigene a Tucumán (regione andina meridionale, XVI e XVII secolo)

Article

Authorship

ZAMORA, ROMINA NOEMI

Date

2021

Publishing House and Editing Place

Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Magazine

América Crítica, vol. 5 (pp. 55-61) - ISSN 2532-6724
Università degli Studi di Cagliari

ISSN

2532-6724

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Assuming that space is a determining factor for the production or development of law, we propose that the regulations on Indian encomiendas in colonial America were always local and not general. They did not seek to replicate the orders contained in the royal cédulas, but rather to translate their general principles into the local order. The regulations on encomienda were the result of negotiation between the interests of the king, the interests of the neighborhood, the capacity for resi... Assuming that space is a determining factor for the production or development of law, we propose that the regulations on Indian encomiendas in colonial America were always local and not general. They did not seek to replicate the orders contained in the royal cédulas, but rather to translate their general principles into the local order. The regulations on encomienda were the result of negotiation between the interests of the king, the interests of the neighborhood, the capacity for resistance or adaptation of the indigenous communities, as well as the knowledge of space. In this essay we will analyze the case of the Government of Tucumán, located in the southern Andes, in the 16th and early 17th centuries. — encomienda, localization, servitude, indigenous tribute