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Ascendance to the Eagle Throne : Viceregal Continuity of an Aztec Legacy

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by Paul Melton

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Format Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series Iberica
ISBN-10 1636679757
ISBN-13 9781636679754
Edition New
Publisher Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Country of Manufacture GB
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Feb 9th, 2026
Print length 188 Pages
Weight 366 grams
Product Classification: Literary studies: generalLiterary studies: c 1500 to c 1800HistorySociety and culture: generalSociety & culture: generalHistory
Ksh 11,500.00
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This book explores Carlos de Sigüenza’s curious investiture of the viceroy with royal immortality and two bodies in Teatro de virtudes (1680). It provides evidence of inclusion in the Mexica dynasty as its restorative successor aspired to bridge the ethnic divide between Spanish and indigenous populations and enhance peaceful coexistence.

In November 1680, an arch designed by Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora and constructed in the Plaza of Santo Domingo in Mexico City audaciously displayed a central panel depicting the incoming viceroy, Tomás de la Cerda, enthroned on a Mexican eagleand surrounded by ancient Mexica emperors. Sigüenza’s mirror for princes, Teatro de virtudes, curiously and cleverly endows the viceroy with two bodies, one natural and the other immortal and collective. This book explores the centrality of this royal paradigm in understanding Sigüenza’s innovative vision of viceregal governance as a socially unifying force.

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