Don Vasco de Quiroga. Documentos. Biografía de Juan José Moreno, Ordenanzas de los Hospitales, Testamento, Información en Derecho, Juicio de Residencia, Litigio por la Isla de Tultepec

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Author: Quiroga, Vasco de (c1470-1565) introduction and notes by Rafael Aguayo Spencer from the library of Professor George M Foster Year: 1940 Publisher: Talleres Graficos de la Nacion Place: Mexico City Description: xxii+473 with facsimiles and indexes. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 7") bound in half leather with four raised spine bands in gilt lettering over brown boards with original wrappers bound in. From the library of George M Foster. First edition limited to 500 copies. Vasco de Quiroga was born into a noble family. He studied law and later theology. He became a lawyer in Salamanca in 1515. He took holy orders late in life, but advanced rapidly in the church. He was a judge of the Chancellor's Court of Valladolid at the time of his appointment in 1530 as one of the oidores of the second Audiencia in New Spain. After the disaster of the first Audiencia, Emperor Charles V was determined to find officials of proven humanity and integrity for the second one. This he was able to do by soliciting the recommendations of the archbishop of Santiago, Juan Tavera. The president of this second Audiencia was Bishop Sebastian Ramirez de Fuenleal, and the other members were Quiroga, Juan de Salmeron, Alonso de Maldonado and Francisco Ceinos. They began governing in Mexico City in 1531. Quiroga founded the hospital-pueblo of Santa Fe (Mexico City), with his own money. This was his first attempt at building a Utopia on the model of Sir Thomas More. He converted many Indigenous to Christiani

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