Con la Dotrina se Venga el Padre Porque se Quejo y Pidio Justicia, y le Dize: Dizme la Dotrina. Uillay Dotrina, Yndio Pleytista. Rimay Utcalla · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Con la Dotrina se Venga el Padre Porque se Quejo y Pidio Justicia, y le Dize: Dizme la Dotrina. Uillay Dotrina, Yndio Pleytista. Rimay Utcalla
Subject: Christianity; Government; Parish Priests; Indigenous Peoples; Abuse; Colonialism; Colonization
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; Lima; South America; West Indies
Description: This image is illustrated in a chapter that discusses the Christian priests in the colonial government in Peru. The author criticizes parish priests for their mistreatment of the indigenous peoples of Peru. This image depicts a parish priest punishing an indigenous man for having issued a complaint against him to civil authorities. The parish priest is on the right side of the image wearing clerical adornments as he holds his arm out towards the indigenous man on the left. He is forcing the indigenous man to recite the doctrine. The indigenous man is standing on a platform with his hands together in prayer as he follows the priest’s orders.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23495
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_23495_OBJ.jpg