Table of Contents

Part I. The Subordinate Audienica , 1548–72: 1. The Conquest of New Galicia; 2. The Foundation of the Audiencia; 3. The Audiencia and the Indians; 4. The Audiencia and the Conquistadores; 5. The Audiencia and the Church; 6. The Reorganisation of the Audiencia, 1570–72; Part II. The Audiencia and Royal Chancellery, 1572–1600; 7. Administration; 8. Jurisdiction and Procedure; 9. Conflicts of Jurisdiction.

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A discussion of the day-to-day government of a remote Spanish province at a time when the disorders of conquest were giving way to a settled administration.