Pedro de León Portocarrero’s <i>Descripción del Virreinato del Perú</i> (c.1620): A New Christian Between Spain and Netherlands in Colonial Latin America
This essay explores the <i>Descripción del Virreinato del Perú</i> (c.1620), an anonymously authored account of viceregal Peru attributed to Pedro de León Portocarrero (c.1576–c.1620)—a Spanish New Christian merchant likely of Portuguese background. The analysis reveals that Portocarrero...
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| description | This essay explores the <i>Descripción del Virreinato del Perú</i> (c.1620), an anonymously authored account of viceregal Peru attributed to Pedro de León Portocarrero (c.1576–c.1620)—a Spanish New Christian merchant likely of Portuguese background. The analysis reveals that Portocarrero’s text undermines Spanish colonial authority not just by supplying secret commercial and military intelligence to Dutch officials but also by subtly critiquing Spain’s colonial enterprise on a symbolic discursive level. Consequently, the work offers an alternative, non-triumphalist, and dissident perspective on the Spanish colonization of Peru. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-81c103d0105b41b8bc4359322b80e2832025-08-20T02:43:50ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442024-12-011512148110.3390/rel15121481Pedro de León Portocarrero’s <i>Descripción del Virreinato del Perú</i> (c.1620): A New Christian Between Spain and Netherlands in Colonial Latin AmericaGabriel Mordoch0University Library and Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USAThis essay explores the <i>Descripción del Virreinato del Perú</i> (c.1620), an anonymously authored account of viceregal Peru attributed to Pedro de León Portocarrero (c.1576–c.1620)—a Spanish New Christian merchant likely of Portuguese background. The analysis reveals that Portocarrero’s text undermines Spanish colonial authority not just by supplying secret commercial and military intelligence to Dutch officials but also by subtly critiquing Spain’s colonial enterprise on a symbolic discursive level. Consequently, the work offers an alternative, non-triumphalist, and dissident perspective on the Spanish colonization of Peru.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/12/1481Pedro de León Portocarrerocrypto-JewsNew Christiansmarranosviceregal PeruIberian Union |
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| title | Pedro de León Portocarrero’s <i>Descripción del Virreinato del Perú</i> (c.1620): A New Christian Between Spain and Netherlands in Colonial Latin America |
| title_full | Pedro de León Portocarrero’s <i>Descripción del Virreinato del Perú</i> (c.1620): A New Christian Between Spain and Netherlands in Colonial Latin America |
| title_fullStr | Pedro de León Portocarrero’s <i>Descripción del Virreinato del Perú</i> (c.1620): A New Christian Between Spain and Netherlands in Colonial Latin America |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pedro de León Portocarrero’s <i>Descripción del Virreinato del Perú</i> (c.1620): A New Christian Between Spain and Netherlands in Colonial Latin America |
| title_short | Pedro de León Portocarrero’s <i>Descripción del Virreinato del Perú</i> (c.1620): A New Christian Between Spain and Netherlands in Colonial Latin America |
| title_sort | pedro de leon portocarrero s i descripcion del virreinato del peru i c 1620 a new christian between spain and netherlands in colonial latin america |
| topic | Pedro de León Portocarrero crypto-Jews New Christians marranos viceregal Peru Iberian Union |
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