Ascendance to the Eagle Throne : viceregal continuity of an Aztec legacy / Paul Melton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Melton, Paul, 1976- Author.

Series:

Ibérica ; Vol. 52

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sigüenza y Góngora, Carlos de, 1645-1700. Teatro de virtudes políticas.

Sigüenza y Góngora, Carlos de.

Spain--Colonies--America--Administration.

Spain.

Mexico--History--Spanish colony, 1540-1810.

Mexico.

New Spain--History--17th century.

New Spain.

Viceroyalty--Social aspects--Mexico.

Viceroyalty.

Aztecs--Kings and rulers--Mythology.

Aztecs.

Physical Description:

1 volume ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, 2025.

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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : a multilayered configuration

Setting the stage : auctorial criollismo

Dehumanized symbolism or historical authenticity?

Viceregal incorporation into the Mexica dynasty

Poetic portrait of viceregal immortality

The next hero of political virtue

Sigüenza, an insurrectionist, adulator, or a visionary of peace?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version Melton, Paul, 1976- Ascendance to the Eagle Throne

ISBN:

9781636679754

1636679757

OCLC:

1468298231

Publisher Number:

90104280936