THE REPERCUSSIONS OF THE COURT SYSTEM IN THE CORREGIMIENTOS OF INDIANS OF THE VICEREGAL PERU (1565-1600)

Abstract

The court was the political-social organization of the Hispanic Monarchy in the Modern Age. This model was based on the articulation of power through personal relationships. Thus, patronage networks by ties of friendship, kinship, peasantry and customs played a key role in granting mercedes of the monarch or prince to his servants. This allowed the integration of the kingdoms and their elites in the monarchy.In this sense, the article analyzes the aspects of the court system that had repercussion in the Andes of the Peruvian viceroyalty through the corregimientos of Indians. To this end, we examine the political qualities that the corregidor had as magistrate of the king, as well as the personal mediations that he established with his domestic servants, government ministers and indigenous elites. This will determine the common and different features that his environment had with the royal court.

Keywords

• corte
• mediaciones personales
• corregidor de indios
• príncipe
• élites indígenas.