Family and power in colonial Catamarca. The Nieva and Castilla (1630-1730)

  • Gabriela De la Orden de Peracca Facultad de Humanidades, Universidad Nacional de Catamarca (UNCa)
Keywords: families, elite, power, Colonial Catamarca

Abstract

The article analyzes three generations of the Nieva y Castilla family focusing on the first born. Using a case study, on one hand, features of the process of elite construction and colonial family in Catamarca will be determined. On the other, the familiy relation to external power -economic, military and political- will be established. Third generation member Esteban de Nieva y Castilla (1669-1731) reproduced the family model accurately. Able to concentrate agreat deal of power, he was an encomendero, a powerful landholder, general and lieutenant governor of San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca for over fifteen years. The documentation is rich and diverse, located on the oldest sities of the Tucumán Colonial (Salta, Córdoba, La Rioja and Tucumán) specially in public archives (Archivo y Museo Histórico de Catamarca, Archivo del ...

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Published
2002-07-01
How to Cite
De la Orden de Peracca , G. (2002). Family and power in colonial Catamarca. The Nieva and Castilla (1630-1730). Memoria Americana. Cuadernos De Etnohistoria, 10, 95-138. https://doi.org/10.34096/mace.v10i0.13448
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