Por Fverza Casamiento que Hazen los Dichos Padres de las Dotrinas y a Otros no la Quiere Cazar, Aunque lo Piden y Tiene Depocitada · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Por Fverza Casamiento que Hazen los Dichos Padres de las Dotrinas y a Otros no la Quiere Cazar, Aunque lo Piden y Tiene Depocitada
Subject: Christianity; Government; Parish Priests; Indigenous Peoples; Forced Marriage
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; South America; West Indies
Description: This image is illustrated in a chapter that discusses the Christian priests in the colonial government in Peru. A parish priest is depicted standing in the centre of the image dressed in his ecclesiastic clothing. He is illustrated forcefully pulling the hair of an indigenous man and an indigenous woman. The parish priest is forcing the two unmarried indigenous peoples to marry against their will. The author explains that the priests in colonial Peru would force marriages often.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23480
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_23480_OBJ.jpg