Utopia 's Best Reader
Among the many great readers of Thomas More's Utopia, Vasco de Quiroga (c. 1488-1565) appears to be most striking, even if we don't know when or where he read the book. The Spaniard arrived in Mexico in 1530, a few years after Hernán Cortés, sent by Emperor Charles V with full judicial pow...
| Published in: | Moreana |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh University Press
[2016]
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Moreana
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| Further subjects: | B
Michoacán
B Mexico B Vasco de Quiroga B Utopia B pueblos hospitales |
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| Summary: | Among the many great readers of Thomas More's Utopia, Vasco de Quiroga (c. 1488-1565) appears to be most striking, even if we don't know when or where he read the book. The Spaniard arrived in Mexico in 1530, a few years after Hernán Cortés, sent by Emperor Charles V with full judicial powers in a land devastated by the chaos, brutality, and greed of the conquest, the native people mercilessly abused and enslaved. Almost right away, Quiroga started to give his time, talent, and treasure to create what he called a new policy (policía) to protect the indians from the cruelty of the conquerors. He built refuges (pueblos hospitales), islands of hospitality which he also designed for all the lands and peoples in the New World, as the best way to secure peace, protect and evangelize the populations. He would describe the pueblos with words and ideas from his own reading of Utopia, and More was to him a brilliant Englishman inspired by the Holy Spirit both to learn from the native people and to build a new... |
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| ISSN: | 2398-4961 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Moreana
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3366/more.2016.53.3-4.8 |