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Manuscript/Mixed Material Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Royal cedula to the audencia of New Spain

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Title

  • Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Royal cedula to the audencia of New Spain

Names

  • The Queen [Isabel, wife of Charles I of Spain]

Created / Published

  • Madrid, February 4, 1530

Headings

  • -  New Spain--Politics and government
  • -  Indians--Conversion--Christianity
  • -  Manuscripts

Genre

  • Manuscripts

Notes

  • -  The Queen informs the audiencia that two pious, religious women (religiosas beatas emparedadas) of Salamanca are going to New Spain to instruct native women in the Catholic faith, and one of them is taking her two nieces. The Queen commands the audiencia, together with the bishop-elect and the Franciscan superior, to select a site for a house and monastery for the women and to have the Indians of the area construct it. For this purpose 200 pesos of 450 maravedis each are to be used from the royal funds to pay the Spanish foreman and artisans.

Medium

  • 1 leaf

Source Collection

  • Hans Peter Kraus collection of Spanish American documents, 1433-1877

Repository

  • Manuscript Division

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Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

The Queen Isabel, Wife Of Charles I Of Spain. Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Royal cedula to the audencia of New Spain. Madrid, February 4, 1530. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/mss31013-00500/.

APA citation style:

The Queen Isabel, W. O. C. I. O. S. (1530) Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Royal cedula to the audencia of New Spain. Madrid, February 4. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mss31013-00500/.

MLA citation style:

The Queen Isabel, Wife Of Charles I Of Spain. Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Royal cedula to the audencia of New Spain. Madrid, February 4, 1530. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mss31013-00500/>.