The Collapse of Time. The Martyrdom of Diego Ortiz (1571) by Antonio de la Calancha [1638]

• Päätekijä: Redden, Andrew (auth)
• Aineistotyyppi: Elektroninen Kirjan osa
• Kieli: englanti
• Julkaistu: De Gruyter 2016
• Aiheet: Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700; Titu Cusi Yupanqui; evangelisation of Peru; Antonio de la Calancha; Spanish conquest; Vilcabamba; Inca Empire; Inca politics; Peru; Augustinian Order; Diego Ortiz
• Linkit: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In 1571, Diego Ortiz, an Augustinian friar, was executed in the neo-Inca state of Vilcabamba (Peru). His killing, and the events surrounding it, marked the final destruction of the Inca Empire by the Spanish and the definitive imposition of a new order on the continent of the Americas. Ortiz's...