Se Haze Jvsticia el Padre y Prende y Manda, No lo Pudiendo Hazello Ciendo Cura y Beneficiado · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Se Haze Jvsticia el Padre y Prende y Manda, No lo Pudiendo Hazello Ciendo Cura y Beneficiado
Subject: Christianity; Parish Priests; Indigenous Peoples; Colonialism; Colonization; Government
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Cuzco; Cusco; Lima; South America; West Indies; Peru
Description: This image is illustrated in a chapter that discusses the Christian priests in the colonial government in Peru. This image depicts a parish priest administering civil justices to an indigenous man. The parish priest is illustration standing on the right side of the image pointing an accusatory finger towards the man on the left. The indigenous man on the left is sitting down as he looks into his praying hands. The author criticizes the parish priests for carrying out decrees and lawsuits when they had no authority to do so.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23477
Language: spa
Source Name: El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [The First New Chronicle and Good Government]
Parent Collection: Latin American Chronicles; Latin American Chronicles
Image: mta_23477_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Christianity; Parish Priests; Indigenous Peoples; Colonialism; Colonization; Government