Title: Companion to empire
Description: This volume traces a genealogy of the varied conceptions and functions of alphabetic writing in Hispanic cultures of the pre-modern and early colonial periods. The historical junctures selected are those at which the written word (in grammatical, historical and legal discourse) assumed increased ideological importance for bolstering different kinds of 'imperial' power.--Back cover.
Subjects: History, Imperialism, Spanish language, Written Spanish, Writing, Spanish language, to 1500
Places: America, Spain
Time periods: To 1500