Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Plates -- List of Musical Examples -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Translator's Note -- A Note on Transcriptions -- A Note on Currencies -- Abbreviations and Sigla -- 1 Competition and pre-emin…
Through historical archaeology, an analysis of the material remains of Iglesia Mayor, the first cathedral in New Spain, dating from 1523 to 1626, was conducted. It was built in the center of what was the Aztec capital of México, Tenochtitlan, which became the capital of New Spai…
In 1521, the destruction of Aztec leadership created a disjointed network of native communities in what is now Mexico but would come to be known as New Spain. Until 1572 New Spain was an open and contested space for political, economic, and religious dominance among various Span…
Francisco Delicado and Juan and Alfonso de Valdés, Spanish humanists who departed from their country of birth and experienced the dark days prior to the sack of Rome in 1527 and its aftermath, engaged and instructed their readers through the dialogue form. This dissertation expl…