Archivos, narrativas y silencios historiográficos sobre la extirpación de idolatrías en Nueva España

• Autores: David E. Tavárez
• Localización: Jahrbuch für Geschichte Lateinamerikas = Anuario de Historia de América Latina ( JbLA ), ISSN-e 2194-3680, Nº. 46, 2009, págs. 43-60
• Idioma: español
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• Resumen

  • This essay argues that our current knowledge about the so-called "extirpation of idolatries" in New Spain is the product of a peculiar combination of historiographic silences. In other words, the myriad negotiations between Central Mexican natives and ecclesiastical authorities in the 17th and 18th centuries are still underrepresented in the historiography. This diminished presence allows for the persistence of dominant narratives that stress the adoption of Christian orthodoxy in Central Mexican pueblos de indios in the late colonial period. In order to understand the emergence of such historiographic silences, this article compares two archival creation processes: the nationalist archive regarding idolatry extirpation trials and manuals, and the transatlantic colonial archive formed by the accumulation of reports sent to the Council of the Indies. Finally, this work analyzes the impact of these processes on the formation of historical narratives about unorthodox native religious practices in colonial Mexico.