Alimentos para las ciudades, frutos para los mercaderes, tormentos para los indios: los Juzgados de Milpas en Chiapas y Guatemala, 1560-1670
The officials governing the American territories of the Spanish Crown established compulsory mechanisms so that Indians would actively participate in markets. In the 1550s, the Kingdom of Guatemala established an institution that would require subject peoples to produce an agricultural excess so tha...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | Spanish |
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El Colegio de México, A.C.
2025
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| Online Access: | https://historiamexicana.colmex.mx/index.php/RHM/article/view/5127 |
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Historia Mexicana |
| Summary: | The officials governing the American territories of the Spanish Crown established compulsory mechanisms so that Indians would actively participate in markets. In the 1550s, the Kingdom of Guatemala established an institution that would require subject peoples to produce an agricultural excess so that cities would be well-supplied with grains and vegetables: the Milpa Courts. Focusing on the provinces of Chiapas and Guatemala and making use of previously-unknown documents, this article sheds light on aspects of the history of Milpa Courts that have remained obscure and reveals how demographic, economic and social transformations in both provinces modified the original function of these courts and eventually led to their disappearance. |
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