A Companion to Viceregal Mexico City, 1519-1821 (Brill's Companions to the Americas, 3)

"This book presents a historical overview of colonial Mexico City and the important role it played in the creation of the early modern Hispanic world. Organized into five sections, an interdisciplinary and international team of twenty scholars scrutinize the nature and character of Mexico City through the study of its history and society, religious practices, institutions, arts, and scientific, cartographic, and environmental endeavors. The Companion ultimately shows how viceregal Mexico City had a deep sense of history, drawing from all that the ancient Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa offered but where history, culture, and identity twisted and turned in extraordinary fashion to forge a new society. Contributors are: Matthew Restall, Luis Fernando Granados, Joan C. Bristol, Sonya Lipsett-Rivera, Frances L. Ramos, Antonio Rubial García, Alejandro Cañeque, Cristina Cruz González, Iván Escamilla González, María del Pilar Martínez López-Cano, Enrique González González, Paula S. De Vos, Barbara E. Mundy, John F. López, Miruna Achim, Kelly Donahue-Wallace, Martha Lilia Tenorio, Jesús A. Ramos-Kitrell, Amy C. Hamman, and Stacie G. Widdifield"-- Provided by publisher Contents Figures and Tables Archival and Image Repositories Notes on the Contributors Acknowledgements Viceregal Mexico City, Colonial Cosmopolitanism, and the Hispanic World 1 History and Society 2 Religious Life 3 Institutions 4 Special Themes 5 The Arts Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Literature Part1: History and Society 1. Fear, Wonder, and Absence 1 The Conquistador Lens 2 Fear and Wonder 3 Absence Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Literature 2. The Weirdest of All? 1 Indians and Cities 2 Between Civilization and Nature 3 A Paradoxical Decline 4 Making the City 5 Becoming Cosmopolitan 6 The Three-Headed City 7 Concrete Coloniality, Awkward Cosmpolitanism Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Literature 3. Blackness and Blurred Boundaries in Mexico City 1 Afro-Mexicans in Mexico City and the Viceroyalty 2 Connecting and Identifying through Healing 3 Church-Based Practices and Networks 4 Spanish Anxieties and Limitations on Afro-Mexican Opportunities 5 Conclusion Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Literature 4. Of Pleasures and Proscriptions 1 Birth and Childhood 2 Courtship and Couples 3 Families and Households 4 Gender, Sexuality, and Family 5 Conclusion Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Literature 5. War, Legitimacy, and Ceremony in 18th-Century Mexico City 1 The Inauguration of Military Honors for Soldiers 2 Legitimizing the Bourbon Succession 3 Ceremony and Bourbon Absolutism in the 1760s 4 Conclusion Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Literature Part 2: Religious Life 6. City of Friars, City of Archbishops 1 The Struggle to Occupy Urban Space: The 16th-Century City 2 The Religious Orders and the Initial Planning of the City, 1523–1554 3 The Clash Between Two Church Projects for the City: The Archbishop vs. The Monasteries, 1555–1570 4 Introduction of the Episcopal Model: New Religious Orders and New Convents, 1571–1600 5 The Ecclesiastical Institutions in the Baroque City, 1600–1700 6 Baroque Bishops and the Founding of Religious Institutions 7 The City of Friars and Jesuits 8 Epilogue Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Literature 7. The Cabildo of Mexico City, Patron Saints, and the Making of Local and Imperial Identities Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Literature 8. Visualizing Corporate Piety 1 Memory, History, Historiography: The Hospital de Jesús and the Scuola Grande 2 Performing Identity: Membership Books and Patents 3 Collective Devotion, Seeing Together Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Literature 9. Permanence and Change in Mexico City’s Viceregal Court, 1535–1821 1 Inventing Court 2 The Court and Its Social and Urban Setting 3 New Viceroys for a New Dynasty 4 From the Old Court to a New One 5 Enlightened Leaders 6 The Empty Throne Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Literature 10. Finance and Credit in Viceregal Mexico City 1 Credit in Mexico City 2 Mercantile Credit 3 The Church Institutions and Credit 4 The Convents 5 The Chaplaincies 6 The Confraternities 7 The Inquisition 8 The Monte de Piedad 9 The Banco de Avío Minero 10 The End of an Epoch Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Literature 11. Uneven Chances 1 The Head of the Kingdom 2 Educating the Indigenous Population: Maceguales and Lords 3 The World of the Criollos 4 Education and Bourbon Reforms Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Literature 12. Medicine and Municipal Rights in Viceregal Mexico City 1 Introduction 2 The Castilian Protomedicato: Establishment, Practice, and Jurisdiction 3 Reconquest Iberia: Aragón and Castile 4 Persistance of Medieval Fuero Limitations 5 The Protomedicato of New Spain: Regulation in the Capital 6 The Royal Protomedicato in the 18th Century: Increasing Jurisdiction and Authority 7 Effects in New Spain: Increasing Privileges, Increasing Municipal Challenges 8 Conclusion Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Literature Part 4: Special Themes 13. The Urban Plans of Mexico City, 1520–1810 1 Introduction 2 Plans and the Multi-ethnic Population 3 Indigenous Foundations 4 Early Hybrids 5 Mapping the Desagüe 6 Mapping Reform Proposals of the 18th Century 7 The City in Printed Form 8 The Plans of Mexico City’s Past 9 Conclusion Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Literature 14. The Desagüe’s Watermark 1 A City Aflood 2 Mapping Nature’s Character 3 “The Geometrization of Space” 4 The Talisman of Martínez’ Authority 5 Rupturing the Bond Between City and Water 6 Conclusion Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Literature 15. Urban Science in 18th-Century Mexico City 1 Venus, the Sun, and Mexico City 2 Natural Order, Urban Order 3 Science in the Streets 4 Urban Expertise 5 Conclusions Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Literature 16. A Culture of Print in Viceregal Mexico City Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Literature 17. Novohispanic Baroque Poetry Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Literature 18. Music and Literature in New Spain 1 Introduction 2 Buen Gusto 3 Buen Gusto, the Noble Arts, and the Quest for Social Status 4 Conclusion Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Literature 19. The Royal Academy of San Carlos, 1781–1800 1 Founding the Royal Academy of San Carlos 2 An Institution of the Bourbon Reforms 3 Arrival of Gerónimo Antonio Gil 4 The Royal Academy of San Carlos 5 Teaching Neo-Classicism: Discourse, Text, and Objects 5.1 Discourse 5.2 Text 5.3 Objects 6 Experiencing Fine Art and Bourbon Imperialism 7 Students 8 Administrators and Faculty 9 Power and Presence 10 The Equestrian Monument of Charles IV 11 Conclusion Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Literature Index "This book presents a historical overview of colonial Mexico City and the important role it played in the creation of the early modern Hispanic world. Organized into five sections, an interdisciplinary and international team of twenty scholars scrutinize the nature and character of Mexico City through the study of its history and society, religious practices, institutions, arts, and scientific, cartographic, and environmental endeavors. The Companion ultimately shows how viceregal Mexico City had a deep sense of history, drawing from all that the ancient Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa offered but where history, culture, and identity twisted and turned in extraordinary fashion to forge a new society. Contributors are: Matthew Restall, Luis Fernando Granados, Joan C. Bristol, Sonya Lipsett-Rivera, Frances L. Ramos, Antonio Rubial García, Alejandro Cañeque, Cristina Cruz González, Iván Escamilla González, María del Pilar Martínez López-Cano, Enrique González González, Paula S. De Vos, Barbara E. Mundy, John F. López, Miruna Achim, Kelly Donahue-Wallace, Martha Lilia Tenorio, Jesús A. Ramos-Kitrell, Amy C. Hamman, and Stacie G. Widdifield"-- Provided by publisher