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El presente texto aborda el funcionamiento del aparato de dominación español en el territorio de Charcas durante los siglos XVI a XVIII y destaca el papel que cumplía la Audiencia de La Plata como parte de la maquinaria burocrática colonial en relación con el Virrey de Lima, la Iglesia, los corregidores y las élites locales. Las temáticas que se desarrollan pertenecen al campo de la sociología histórica v siguen las líneas teóricas y conceptuales propuestas por Norbert Elias, que permiten desentrañar los procesos internos y tensiones del entramado colonial, además de la...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Entre los siglos XV y XVII, periodo de la historia de España entendido por el pensador económico Sancho de Moncada en 1619 como "República de Reinos muy diferentes en cualidades", un hecho que desarticula a su sociedad y que la tiene en un permanente debate es la limpieza de sangre. Todos eran cristianos y españoles, sin embargo, el origen de la sangre denotaba de forma pública que no todos eran españoles y cristianos idénticos. La sangre limpia, que pasará a considerarse sangre española, se convierte en un valor esencial, dominante y reputado. Para quien no formaba parte de esa...