Primeras doctrinas en la real audiencia de Quito, 1570-1640
Subtitle: estudio preliminar y transcripción de las relaciones eclesiales y misionales de los siglos XVI y XVII
By: Hugo Burgos Guevara.
Edition: 1. ed.
Publisher: Ediciones ABYA-YALA
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Quito, Ecuador
Language: spa
Number of pages: 488
Subjects: Missions -- Ecuador -- History -- 16th century.; Missions -- Ecuador -- History -- 17th century.; Ecuador -- Church history -- 16th century.; Ecuador -- Church history -- 17th century.
Description: "Publishes - mostly for the first time - 31 relaciones dating from 1552-1648 and covering themes ranging from the organization and staffing of the Diocese of Quito to complaints of caciques, indios principales, and pueblos regarding abuses by the clergy. A major set of primary materials not only for Ecuadorian church history but more importantly for study of the interaction between conquerors and conquered and the persistence of autochthonous beliefs and practices during the early colonial period. Includes a solid introductory study"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxxvii]-xl).