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Catálogo de los documentos registrados en los 28 libros de la serie denominada Real Justicia, incluida en la Sección del Justicia Civil del Archivo del Renio de Valencia. Incluye una introducción sobre la propia serie, ahondando en el tipo de documentación que la compone y el contenido de ésta.
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
In the provision for justice in Spain's colonies, perhaps the highest expression of idealism came in laws concerning the treatment of native peoples. Colonial authorities, however, often failed to uphold well-intentioned legislation. One notable exception, though, was in the work of the officials appointed by the Spanish government to represent Indians in legal matters--the protector de indios. Cutter provides in his study a valuable glimpse of the life of Native Americans as well as their dealings with various agents of Spain on her colonial frontier. The Indians in New Mexico, through the protector, gained entry to the Spanish legal system. On occasion, they even initiated litigation to up...
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