Segunda Parte de la Historia General Llamada Índica (1572) de Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa. Estudio y Edición Anotada.
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description: Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa’s History of the Incas (1572). A Critical Study and Annotated Edition. by Aleksín H. Ortega Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa wrote his polemic and undoubtedly political History of the Incas at the request of Francisco de Toledo (Viceroy of Peru, 1569-1581). Toledo wanted to deliver to the Spanish King a version of Incan history which could subsequently be used as an ideological tool in the search of legal and moral arguments to defend the Andean colonization by the Spanish monarchy. Since his arrival to the Peruvian territories, Toledo embarked on a long personal visit to the lands under his control, in which he intended to learn as much as possible about the government of the Incas. Sarmiento de Gamboa’s chronicle is presented as the final product in the Viceroy’s project, as this text depicts a heavily ideologically charged version of Incan history with the underlying purpose to discredit the ancient rulers of Tawantinsuyu and therefore to excuse the presence and reign of the Spanish Crown. The Spanish historiographer used Andean sources in the construction of his text to later depict the former Inca lords as cruel tyrants. The annotated edition of Sarmiento’s chronicle introduced in this dissertation is preambled by a critical study. A brief biographical glimpse on the chronicler is offered, followed by a metatextual analysis of the chronicle. Specifically, I focus on its historical references, which studies the sociopolitical climate in which the text germinated, thus explaining its position among the cultural and ideological influences of its time. This critical study was guided by the theoretical frame on colonial and imperial policies as proposed by A. Padgen, Jürgen Osterhammel, Eduardo Subirats, Frantz Fanon, Jeremy Munford, Pierre Duviols, and additionally by Walter Mignolo’s ideas on the Colonization of History. Consequently, it is concluded that Sarmiento’s chronicle came to be the product of the final stage of Spanish colonial ideolog…
abstract: Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa’s History of the Incas (1572). A Critical Study and Annotated Edition. by Aleksín H. Ortega Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa wrote his polemic and undoubtedly political History of the Incas at the request of Francisco de Toledo (Viceroy of Peru, 1569-1581). Toledo wanted to deliver to the Spanish King a version of Incan history which could subsequently be used as an ideological tool in the search of legal and moral arguments to defend the Andean colonization by the Spanish monarchy. Since his arrival to the Peruvian territories, Toledo embarked on a long personal visit to the lands under his control, in which he intended to learn as much as possible about the government of the Incas. Sarmiento de Gamboa’s chronicle is presented as the final product in the Viceroy’s project, as this text depicts a heavily ideologically charged version of Incan history with the underlying purpose to discredit the ancient rulers of Tawantinsuyu and therefore to excuse the presence and reign of the Spanish Crown. The Spanish historiographer used Andean sources in the construction of his text to later depict the former Inca lords as cruel tyrants. The annotated edition of Sarmiento’s chronicle introduced in this dissertation is preambled by a critical study. A brief biographical glimpse on the chronicler is offered, followed by a metatextual analysis of the chronicle. Specifically, I focus on its historical references, which studies the sociopolitical climate in which the text germinated, thus explaining its position among the cultural and ideological influences of its time. This critical study was guided by the theoretical frame on colonial and imperial policies as proposed by A. Padgen, Jürgen Osterhammel, Eduardo Subirats, Frantz Fanon, Jeremy Munford, Pierre Duviols, and additionally by Walter Mignolo’s ideas on the Colonization of History. Consequently, it is concluded that Sarmiento’s chronicle came to be the product of the final stage of Spanish colonial ideolog…
author: Ortega, Aleksín H
keywords: Latin American History, Latin American Languages and Societies, Latin American Literature, Spanish Literature, Francisco de Toledo, Peru, Cuzco, Inca Empire History, Andean History, Sarmiento de Gamboa
date published: 2018-02-01T08:00:00Z
date modified: 2026-07-24T01:59:14Z
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