Tributos y calamidades en el centro de la Nueva España, 1727-1762. Los límites del impuesto justo

This article studies viceroyalty tax policies towards the population of New Spain and examines the legal and moral pact between the viceroy and the  Indians.  The  author analyzes legislation and tensions between the two parties during the Eighteenth-century crises and epidemics. These tensions  tur...

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Autor principal: Molina del Villar, América
Formato: Online
Idioma:español
Editor: El Colegio de México, A.C. 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://historiamexicana.colmex.mx/index.php/RHM/article/view/1412
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Historia Mexicana

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Sumario:This article studies viceroyalty tax policies towards the population of New Spain and examines the legal and moral pact between the viceroy and the  Indians.  The  author analyzes legislation and tensions between the two parties during the Eighteenth-century crises and epidemics. These tensions  turned  into expressions and reactions of nonconformity towards the  payment of tributes considered unfair: Indian demands against authorities, fleeing and fiscal evasion. This work describes and analyzes these actions among  the Indian  populations of central New Spain. Its conclusions help understand not only the system of tax collection from Indians in times of crisis, but also the historical discussion on the moral and legal bases of fair and equal medieval taxes, which later gave place to the New Spain tributes.