Nahua and Quechua Elites of the Colonial Period

Abstract

Introduction Justyna Olko and Jan Szemiński 3 Nahua and Quechua Elites of the Colonial Period: Continuity and Change in a CrossCultural Context Justyna Olko and Jan Szemiński 9 Our ApprOAch tO the tOpic 9 LegAL StAtuS in the SpAniSh empire: the DuALity Of LAw 12 LOcAL OrgAnizAtiOn 17 negOtiAting the ecOnOmic BASe Of exiStence 20 SymBOLS Of StAtuS AnD LegitimizAtiOn Of pOwer 25 ViewS Of the cOnqueSt 29 chALLenging eurOpe: crOSScuLturAL DiALOgueS AnD inDigenOuS trADitiOn within A chriStiAn ViSiOn Of the wOrLD 34 inDigenOuS writing 39 nAtiVe Agency in the DOcumentS 45 the LAnguAge Of the DOcumentS: cOmmunicAtiOn, trAnSLAtiOn, AnD cOntActinDuceD chAnge 48 cOmpAriSOnS AnD cOncLuSiOnS 57