Criollos - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 15:20:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Criollos - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Screen of the Palace of the Viceroys of Mexico https://historylab.es/screen-of-the-palace-of-the-viceroys-of-mexico/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=screen-of-the-palace-of-the-viceroys-of-mexico Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:33 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/biombo-del-palacio-de-los-virreyes-de-mexico/ Image of a five-panelled folding screen depicting the Palace of the Viceroys in Mexico before it burned down in the turmoil of 1692.

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]]> The Viceroy was the administrative figure during the Spanish Empire responsible for administering and governing, on behalf of the Spanish Monarchy, a territory. The Viceroy was therefore the personal representative of the King of Spain in other places. In the case of the Americas, due to the great extent of its possessions, the Spanish Crown created two Viceroyalties, the Viceroyalty of New Spain (1535-1821) and the Viceroyalty of Peru (1542-1824). In the case of the former, the life of the Viceroyalty of New Spain was governed internally from the buildings that formed the surroundings of the main square of Mexico City, such as the Viceroyal Palace, the City Hall, the Mint, the University and the Cathedral. The palace, in addition to being the seat of the viceroy, included numerous official offices, making it the nerve centre of viceregal power. The five panels on the right of the screen in the image depict the characteristics of this building before it burned down as a result of the riot of 1692. Opposite the façade of the Palace was the city’s most important market, El Parián, where many goods arrived from Manila. Its stalls sold all kinds of products and utensils, as well as the numerous foodstuffs that supplied the city from the surrounding area. The remaining three pages contain an incomplete view of the Paseo de la Alameda in the Spanish capital. This work offers a view of viceregal society and the role played by its different members. Thus, the ruling class is represented by Spaniards and Creoles, who were involved in the official and leisure world, going to the palace or strolling along the Alameda, while mestizos, mulattos and indigenous people were mainly engaged in service and merchant work.

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]]> Women in Hispanic America https://historylab.es/women-in-hispanic-america/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=women-in-hispanic-america Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:22 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/las-mujeres-en-la-america-hispana/ Explanatory video on the situation of indigenous women on the American continent in the Modern Age

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]]> Audiovisual capsule on American women in the Modern Age, focusing on the diversity existing in this space, as exemplified by the ethnic differences or the heterogeneous legal conditions (free, slaves). Special mention is made of the case of the “tapadas” of Lima. Duration: 8.04 min. The video, made by Benita Herreros Cleret de Langavant (University of Cantabria), is designed for university students (Degree in History, Master’s and Doctorate in Modern History) and is one of the results of the teaching innovation project “History and Art Capsules II. History, with gender and in feminine”, funded by the University of Cantabria through a competitive public call (2020). This teaching project was coordinated by Begoña Alonso and Benita Herreros Cleret de Langavant (PIs), with the participation of Tomás A. Mantecón Movellán and Rubén Castro Redondo, together with the two aforementioned researchers

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