Rebrendo Retor General de la Conpania de Jesus deste Rreyno · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Rebrendo Retor General de la Conpania de Jesus deste Rreyno
Subject: Society of Jesus; Religious Orders; Conquest; Colonialism; Priests; Rector General
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Lima; West Indies; South America; Peru
Description: The author spends this section of this chapter discussing religious establishment in Peru and the church’s hierarchy. This image depicts the Rector General of the Society of Jesus standing on the left side of the image holding the Bible in his left hand and blessing the two priests kneeling in front of him. The two men are labelled as ubedencia [obedience]. The author explains that the Rector Generals were scholars and masters of the arts who would teach Latin and teach the indigenous languages of Peru, such as Quechua and Aymara. The caption at the bottom of the image describes the Society as, orden muy ubidente en Lima y en el mundo [a very obedient order in Lima and throughout the world].
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23225
Language: spa
Source Name: El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [The First New Chronicle and Good Government]
Parent Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Image: mta_23225_OBJ.jpg