La mano del monarca grande de las Españas. La muerte de los soldados y el poder del virrey Galve en la Nueva España, 1694.

In 1694 Viceroy Galve undertakes a complex situation due to lack of support and to the discredit his misgovernment generated. Funerary honours offered to soldiers slayed in previous battles provide him with the opportunity to reinforce his position among soldiers, the people and the viceregal oligar...

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Author: Cuesta García de Leonardo, María José
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2016
Country:México
Institution:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repository:Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.atenea.esteticas.unam.mx:article/2564
Online Access:https://www.analesiie.unam.mx/index.php/analesiie/article/view/2564
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:virrey Galve
honras
soldados
Carlos
Nuevo México
viceroy Galve
honours
soldiers
Charles II
New Mexico
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Summary:In 1694 Viceroy Galve undertakes a complex situation due to lack of support and to the discredit his misgovernment generated. Funerary honours offered to soldiers slayed in previous battles provide him with the opportunity to reinforce his position among soldiers, the people and the viceregal oligarchy, as well as to reconcile himself before the king in the metropolis. This is ensued by means of a very learned iconography, deployed in the hieroglyphics which illustrate the tumulus —raised for said soldiers— invented and described —in the brochure that would reach the Court— by the Jesuit Francisco Méndez. A tumulus, decorated in such a manner would be an exception in honours for soldiers, in the XVII century and the reasons prove to be merely courtly towards viceregal power.