Juan de Torquemada was a Franciscan friar, active as missionary in colonial Mexico and considered the "leading Franciscan chronicler of his generation." Administrator, engineer, architect and ethnographer, he is most famous for his monumental work commonly known as Monarquía indiana, a survey of the history and...
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Map of central Mexico, the main area of Torquemada's activity
a contemporary painting showing Mexico City in 1628; the view east, overlooking Lake Texcoco
Interior of the church of Santiago de Tlatelolco
Western façade of church of Santiago de Tlatelolco
Fragment of a pictograph (known as a "codex") similar to the prehispanic historical materials utilised for the Monarquía indiana
Title page of the second edition of Monarquía indiana, by Fray Juan de Torquemada, printed in three volumes in Madrid, 1723 (1725)
A statue of Blessed Sebastian outside the Franciscan church in PueblaWriters from Spain 6
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Juan de Torquemada was a Franciscan friar, active as missionary in colonial Mexico and considered the "leading Franciscan chronicler of his generation." Administrator, engineer, architect and ethnographer, he is most famous for his monumental work commonly known as Monarquía indiana, a survey of the history and culture of the indigenous peoples of New Spain together with an account of their conversion to Christianity, first published in Spain in 1615 and republished in 1723. Monarquia Indiana was the "prime text of Mexican history, and was destined to influence all subsequent chronicles until the twentieth century." It was used by later historians, the Franciscan Augustin de Vetancurt and most importantly by 18th-century Jesuit Francisco Javier Clavijero. No English translation of this work has ever been published.
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