HIST 3150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: New Laws, Encomienda, Christianization
27 Oct 2017
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Sept 22: encomienda, land, labour and the silver mines: power and extraction of wealth. Fragment societies" feudal roots: spanish tried to maintain some indigenous processes [some people of elevated social position [the aristocracy] were able to be the landholders who collected 26608 from their subordinates etc. ] Christianization, in some ways want to stop indigenous slavery: institutional spanish state interest in resource extraction, taxes, 26608 Ports, establishing admin presence: encomienda [the encomenderos] They wanted to be the feudal class, wanted to be a new world lord, which would be passed onto their children. They wanted to keep the 26608 and land they fought for: everyone else [indigenous people, african and chinese slaves] People legally not slaves, but were bought and sold: in return, the e would have obligations to the people on the land. The monarchy try to take some control over the conquistadors: 1503 - queen isabella"s edict.
