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Cradle of Words: Language and Knowledge in the Spanish Empire

Cradle of Words: Language and Knowledge in the Spanish Empire

López Fadul, Valeria

Hardcover

Series: Information Cultures

Sports GeneralGeneral World HistorySpainish & Portuguese History

ISBN10: 1421450216
ISBN13: 9781421450216
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: Dec 17 2024
Pages: 296
Weight: 1.34
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

How languages served as archives of local knowledge and a crucial resource for both the human and natural history of the Americas in the Spanish empire.

In the sixteenth century, the conquest of the Americas exposed Spanish writers to previously unknown peoples and their many languages. The linguistic multiplicity of the new transatlantic empire presented enormous challenges both in terms of governance and religious conversion. Yet it also became a crucial resource for learning about the new territories' history, both natural and human. In The Cradle of Words, Valeria López Fadul reveals that Spanish scholars, missionaries, and administrators treated the empire's multiple tongues--both at home and abroad--as rich archives of local knowledge.

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