Disputas familiares por los cacicazgos en la Audiencia de Quito durante el siglo XVIII

• Main Author: Daza Tobasura, Paula (auth)
• Other Authors: Cuevas Arenas, Héctor (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Colombia Universidad Santiago de Cali 2020
• Subjects: Social & cultural history; Cacicas; Justicia; Audiencia de Quito; Siglo XVIII; Mujeres
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This chapter explores how indigenous women used legal strategies to get appointments as cacicas in the Court on the Audiencia of Quito, during the second half of the 18th century. Despite the fact that the position of chieftain was preserved for men, women used the judicial apparatus t...