Las estrategias textuales en la crítica de la administación colonial en la 'Historia General del Perú' de Fray Martín de Murúa

Abstract

This article intends to provide a new approach to the discursive mechanisms of the General History of Peru by Friar Martín de Murúa, shedding light on his work. We will show how he slips a clear criticism of the colonial order from which he writes resorting to the exemplary tradition and also how he sets a model for the administration. On the other hand, we must notice that the censorship existing at the time produces a convoluted text, with a carefully weaved argumentative web that plays on several topics by reworking them to the author’s benefit.

Keywords

• exemplary tradition
• peruvian colonial historiography
• post-toledan chroniclers
• martín de murúa
• general history of perú