Title: Primeras doctrinas en la real audiencia de Quito, 1570-1640
First published: 1995
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.
Subjects: History, Missions, Church history
Places: Ecuador
Time periods: 17th century, 16th century
LC classification: BV2853.E2 B87 1995