The Spanish Dependencies in South America: An Introduction to the History of Their Civilisation, Volumen2Harper, 1914 "The work aims to present an account of the middle period of Spanish rule in South America, 1550-1730."--Preface. |
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Página 388 - The date of such election, which shall be not less than ten nor more than fifteen days after the posting of such notice. 3. The hours for holding such election, which shall be for the space of at least four consecutive hours between ten o'clock in the forenoon and four o'clock in the afternoon.
Página 340 - wonderful success," says he, " of this evening and night " is so astonishing, that one cannot but cry out with the " Psalmist, * It is the Lord's doing and seems marvellous "
Página 368 - ... interests of the others. The governors, or corregidors, were accustomed to assume much power in the municipal governments of the cities where they resided. This was a direct interference with the autonomy of the cabildo, or ayuntamiento, or the local organization under whatever name it was formed. The laws of the Indies, in keeping with their regard for details in general, prescribed the forms * to be observed in founding a town.
Página 207 - ... established without the consent of the king. It conceded also the power to present suitable persons for the metropolitan churches and the other cathedrals 1 The bull of Alexander VI, May 4, 1493 ; Peschel, Die Theilung der Erde unter Papst Alexander VI and Julius II, 13-15. In the appendix are printed the first and second bulls of Alexander VI and the treaty of Tordesillas. The gift of Alexander VI was modified by the treaty of Tordesillas, which was confirmed by Julius II in 1506, and which...
Página 396 - As the natives of those, your Majesty's dominions, are equally deserving of filling the principal offices of their own country, it appears reasonable, that they should not be divested of all management in their own homes. I am fully persuaded, that in those countries there are many discontented persons, not because they are under the control of Spain; but because they are cast down, and tyrannized by the very persons, who are sent over to exercise the duties of the judicature. Let your Majesty give...
Página 150 - The effects of this insulated system have been such that the Indians have remained in a state little different from that in which they existed, while yet their scattered dwellings were not collected around the habitation of the missionary.
Página 368 - Indies, in keeping with their regard for details in general, prescribed the forms to be observed in founding a town. In the English colonies of America the town grew up to meet the needs of the inhabitants of the country ; but in the Spanish colonies the population of the country grew to meet the needs of the towns. The primary plan of the English colonist was to live on the land, and to derive his support from its cultivation. The primary plan of the Spanish colonist was to live in the town, and...
Página 229 - According to the canon law they were not able to hold beneficed curacies, but the extent of the American field, and the limited number of the clergy available to occupy it, induced Leo X, Adrian VI, Paul III, Clement VIII, and Pius V to permit them to become parish priests. Under this order a very large number of the parishes in America in the sixteenth century were occupied by friars.
Página 408 - ... social affairs. In the Spanish colonies there was thus no religious liberty to give countenance and support to political liberty. The preservation in the Spanish colonies of the ecclesiastical traditions of southern Europe sanctified the spirit of absolutism, which the Church represented. It made it difficult for the colonists to conceive of public power except as an emanation from a superior independent authority, and against this preconception the idea of a government by the people made only...
Página 8 - ... eight million dollars. The funeral ceremonies of the emperor, Charles V., in 1559, involved an expenditure of one hundred and forty thousand dollars. In 1577, three million dollars were spent on water-works. The fortunes of the dominant class, in 1580, ranged from a minimum of $300,000 or $400,000 to $2,000,000 or $6,000,000. On the death of Philip II., a funeral service was held costing one hundred and thirty thousand dollars. Prior to 1593, the royal fifth had been paid on three hundred and...