Documentos: Biografia De Juan Jose Moreno, Ordenanzas De Los Hospitales, Testamento, Informacion En Derecho, Juicio De Residencia, Litigio Por La Isla De Tultepec

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Author: Quiroga, Vasco de (c1470-1565) from the library of Professor George M Foster Year: 1940 Publisher: Editorial Polis Place: Mexico City Description: xx+472 pages with plates. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 7 1/4") rebound in 3/4 leather with raised spine bands and gilt lettering. Original wrappers bound in. From the library of George M Foster . Limited to 560 copies. 2d edition. Originally published in 1766. 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 Christianity. He sat on the tribunal that ordered the bloody conquistador and p

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