Carlos Aguirre is Professor of History at the University of Oregon and the author of
Charles F. Walker is Professor of History, Director of the Hemispheric Institute on the Americas, and MacArthur Foundation Endowed Chair in International Human Rights at the University of California, Davis, and the author of
Carlos Aguirre is Professor of History at the University of Oregon and the author of
Charles F. Walker is Professor of History, Director of the Hemispheric Institute on the Americas, and MacArthur Foundation Endowed Chair in International Human Rights at the University of California, Davis, and the author of
Pre-Hispanic, Conquest, and Early Colonial Lima
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Published:April 2017
When Francisco Pizarro founded Lima in January 1535, he imagined a city that with its imposing churches, rigid straight lines, and division of power would symbolize Spanish domination of the Incas and South America. He created an enduring symbol of Spanish rule but ultimately a city very different than the one that he imagined. While the European invaders envisioned a bifurcated world of Spanish and “Indians,” within decades the city also counted on a significant African population and expanding mixed-race groups. Indians refused to remain in the Indian quarters traced out in the city’s eastern areas, and further immigration from Asia and Europe added to the city’s social mix. These selections underline not only the city’s diversity but also its rich public life and the religious processions and rituals that marked Lima in the colonial period.
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