Title: Venero de Leiva
First published: 1995
Description: "A valuable and singular in-depth biographical treatment of the first president of the Audiencia of Nueva Granada who governed from 1563-72. Important for early history of Nueva Granada, as Venero de Leiva's administration illustrates imposition of royal government in the colony and its jurisdictional structure, as well as the resulting conflict between the encomenderos' self-interest and metropolitan intent"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Subjects: Biography, History, New Granada, New Granada. Real Audiencia
Places: Colombia, Spain
People: Andrés Díaz Venero de Leiva (1515?-1576)
Time periods: Philip II, 1556-1598, To 1810
LC classification: F2272.V46 P67 1995