Unlocking The Doors To The Worlds Of Guaman Poma And His Nueva Corónica

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Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala’s handwritten and illustrated masterpiece, Nueva corónica y buen gobierno, created in 1615 and recognized by UNESCO as a "Memory of the World," offers a powerful reimagining of Andean history. This book aimed to reform Spanish colonial rule in Peru and remains a vital source for understanding that era.

A collaborative examination of Guaman Poma’s work, its historical context, and its enduring significance.

Marking the four-hundredth anniversary of Guaman Poma’s remarkable book, this volume gathers an impressive group of international scholars, both seasoned and emerging, to shed new light on the text, its creator, and the period it represents.

Contributors delve into a wide array of topics sparked by Guaman Poma’s work, such as:

• Andean institutions and their ecological settings
• The governance systems of the Inca empire
• Historical perspectives on the Spanish conquest era

Rolena Adorno, Sterling Professor of Spanish and chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Yale University, and Ivan Boserup, a classical scholar and former Head of Western Manuscripts at the Royal Library (National Library of Denmark), where Guaman Poma’s manuscript has been preserved since the late seventeenth century, bring their expertise to this insightful collection.

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