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Title: Ascendance to the Eagle Throne

Ascendance to the Eagle Throne

Viceregal Coninuity of an Aztec Legacy

by Paul M. Melton (Author)
Monographs 0 Pages
History & Political Science
Series: Ibérica, Volume 52

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Summary

In November 1680, the arch designed by Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora and constructed in the Plaza of Santo Domingo in Mexico City audaciously displayed on a central panel the painting of the incoming viceroy, Tomás de la Cerda, enthroned on a Mexican eagle, surrounded by ancient Mexica emperors. Sigüenza’s mirror for princes, Teatro de virtudes, curiously and cleverly endows the viceroy with two bodies, one natural and the other immortal and collective. The present book explores the centrality of this royal paradigm for understanding Sigüenza’s innovative vision of viceregal governance as a socially unifying force.

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Pages
ISBN (Hardcover)
9781636679754
Language
English
Keywords
Aztec Mexica viceroy indigenous studies emblematic creolism patria
Published
New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 20xx. xxx pp., num. ill.

Biographical notes

Paul M. Melton (Author)

Paul Melton is a doctor of Latin American literature and Spanish of the University of Oklahoma where he imparts advanced, intermediate, and introductory courses of Spanish language and literature. His investigative focus centers on indigenous studies, emblematic art, the writings of Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora, and other Hispanic authors.

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