Maya Lords and Lordship: The Formation of Colonial Society in Yucatán, 1350–1600

265 Pages·2014·30.758 MB·English

by  Sergio Quezada

Maya Lords and Lordship

Maya Lords and Lordship
The Formation of
Colonial Society in Yucatán, 1350–1600
by
Sergio Quezada
Translated
by
Terry Rugeley
University of Oklahoma Press : Norman
Also by Sergio Quezada
Bibliografía comentada sobre la cuestión étnica y la Guerra de Castas de Yucatán, 1821–
1910 (Mexico, 1986)
Relación documental para la historia de la provincia de Yucatán 1520–1844 (Mexico, 1992)
Pueblos y caciques yucatecos, 1550–1580 (Mexico, 1993)
Documentos de indios Yucatecos, 1822–1847 (Mexico, 1995)
Los pies de la República: Los mayas peninsulares, 1550–1750 (Mexico, 1997)
Breve historia de Yucatán (Mexico, 2001)
Mujer maya: Siglos tejiendo una identidad (Mexico, 2001)
Papeles de los Xiu de Yaxá, Yucatán (with Tsubasa Okoshi Harada) (Mexico, 2001)
Las Encrucijadas de la ciudadanía y la democracia: Yucatán, 1812–2004 (Mexico, 2005)
Yucatán en la ruta del liberalismo mexicano, siglo XIX (with Inés Ortiz Yam) (Mexico,
2008)
Visita de Diego García de Palacio a Yucatán, 1583 (with Inés Ortiz Yam) (Mexico, 2009)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Quezada, Sergio.
[Pueblos y caciques yucatecos, 1550–1580. English]
Maya lords and lordship : the formation of colonial society in Yucatán, 1350–
1600 / by Sergio Quezada ; translated by Terry Rugeley.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8061-4422-1 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Mayas—Politics and govern-
ment. 2. Mayas—Kings and rulers. 3. Yacatán (Mexico : State)—History—
16th century. I. Title.
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Contents
List of Illustrations ix
List of Tables xi
Preface xiii
Introduction 3
1. Personal Ties and Maya Political Organization 6
2. From Lordship to Early Colonial Pueblo 38
3. Gobernadores and Indian Cabildos 76
4. Decline of the Caciques 100
Conclusion 123
Appendix A: The Cúuchcabalob of the
Mid-Sixteenth Century 125
Appendix B: Lineages, Caciques, and Gobernadores 141
Sources for Appendices A and B 170
Appendix C: Major Spanish Urban Centers and
Their Jurisdictions 175
Appendix D: Sixteenth-Century Governors
of Yucatán: Names, Titles, and Tenure 179
Notes 181
Glossary 227
Bibliography 235
Index 245
vii

Illustrations
FIGURES
1. Page 14 of the Calkiní Codex 10
2. The Cocom Lineage and Its Cúuchabal 25
3. The Cupul Lineage and Its Cúuchabal 26
4. The Virgen of the Purísima Concepción of Izamal 53
5. Franciscan Church and Convent of
San Antonio de Padua of Izamal 54
6. Franciscan Church and Convent of
Santa Clara of Dzidzantún 55
7. Church of San Luis Obispo of Calkiní 67
MAPS
1. Spatial Distribution of the Batabilob or Lordships 19
2. Maya Political Organization, ca. 1545 28
3. The Perimeter of Yaxkukul Village, According to
Documento Núm. 1, 1552 62
4. Reducciones of Pueblos into a Single Location;
The Cúuchcabal of Maní, 1565–1582 72
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