Littera Scripta Manet: formas y funciones del archivo en el Imperio de los Austrias. Simancas, Roma, Quito y Cuenca (Estudios)

Abstract:

The aim of the article is to observe the role of archives on both sides of the Atlantic in the Spanish Habsburg Empire during the early modern times. For this reason the different tasks incumbent on archives during the sixteenth and seventeenth century are analyzed. The archive of the city of Cuenca is investigated at the municipal level as well as that located in the audience of Quito on the regional level to the point of the royal archive in Simancas (Castile) and the archive at the Spanish Embassy in Rome. The text also offers insights into the nature and characteristics of archives with particular attention to writtenness as an instrument of government.

Año de publicación:

2011

Keywords:

• EPOCA COLONIAL
• ARCHIVOS ADMINISTRATIVOS
• MONARQUÍA ESPAÑOLA

Fuente:

rraae