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Ascendance to the Eagle Throne: Viceregal Continuity of an Aztec Legacy

Ascendance to the Eagle Throne: Viceregal Continuity of an Aztec Legacy

Hardcover

Series: Ibérica, Book 52

Literary CriticismAnthropologyMexican History

ISBN10: 1636679757
ISBN13: 9781636679754
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Published: Feb 9 2026
Pages: 194
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

In November 1680, an arch designed by Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora and constructed in the Plaza of Santo Domingo in Mexico City audaciously displayed a central panel depicting the incoming viceroy, Tomás de la Cerda, enthroned on a Mexican eagleand surrounded by ancient Mexica emperors. Sigüenza's mirror for princes, Teatro de virtudes, curiously and cleverly endows the viceroy with two bodies, one natural and the other immortal and collective. This book explores the centrality of this royal paradigm in understanding Sigüenza's innovative vision of viceregal governance as a socially unifying force.

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Mexican History