.... $27.50 . Copyright 1986 by Duke University Press 1986 Warren’s latest work is a detailed reconstruction of events in the Tarascan kingdom from the arrival of the Spaniards until the execution of the native ruler, Cazonci, in 1530. In addition to the actual conquest of Michoacán, the book covers...

... of municipalities, and since most encomenderos resided in Mexico City and spent little time in Michoacán, encomienda administrators assumed perhaps to an unusual degree direct de facto political functions in the pueblos along with their basic economic role. The status of the Cazonci, never truly formalized...

... in a hybrid monarchy. Taríacuri figured prominently in the Relación . This is particularly significant since Tzintzicha Tangaxoan, the Tarascan king (a position known as the Cazonci), had been executed on Nuño de Guzmán's orders in 1530. Some scholars have suggested that Taríacuri's return as a hero...

... fifties when he took holy orders in order to be appointed bishop of Michoacán. The province was in chaos after the death of the native ruler, the cazonci Tzintzicha Tangaxoan II, at the hands of Beltrán Núñez de Guzmán, who was soon after deposed as president of the first Mexican audiencia. The province...