Petition against Fray Juan de Vizcarre, Guaxicori and Guadalajara

Item Overview

Title

Petition against Fray Juan de Vizcarre, Guaxicori and Guadalajara

Date Created

April - May 1652

Date

1652-04/1652-05

Language

Spanish
Nahuatl

Collection

Byron McAfee Papers, circa 1553-1964

Notes

Summary

Assorted documents "contra el Pe Fr Juan de Vizcarre, guardian del convente de San Francisco" (f. 1r). Includes petitions, letters, and testimony of Sebastian Garcia against Vizcarre. Second half of manuscript is comprised of copies of documents from civil and ecclesiastical authorities, including the execution of his sentence and exile from the parish. Final leaf is unrelated to the case, and is an edict of the Governor and alcaldes of Atzapotzalco, 1569 January 14.

Physical Description

Extent

31 leaves

Dimensions

320 x 215 mm.

Keywords

Genre

manuscripts (document genre)

Resource type

text

Subjects

Nahuatl language --Texts
Nahuas--History--Archival resources.
Nahuatl language--Archival resources.
Nahuas--Social life and customs--Archival resources.
Mexico--History--Spanish colony, 1540-1810--Archival resources.
Mexico--History--Conquest, 1519-1540--Archival resources.