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Juan de Torquemada (c. 1562 – 1624) was a Franciscan friar, active as missionary and historian in Spanish colonial Mexico. Administrator, engineer, architect and ethnographer, he is most famous for his monumental survey of the history and culture of the indigenous peoples and their conversion to Christianity commonly known as Monarquía indiana ("Indian Monarchy"), published in Spain in 1615. No English translation of this work has ever been published. A full critical edition of the Spanish text in six volumes, with a seventh volume containing supplementary essays by various Mexican scholars, was published in Mexico by the Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, UNAM, between 1975 and 1983.[1]
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Juan de Torquemada | |
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Title | Minister Provincial, Province of Santo Evangelio, México |
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Born | Juan c. 1562 |
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Religion | Roman Catholic |
Notable work(s) | architect, engineer, historian |
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Order | Franciscan (1579–1624) |
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Period in office | 1614-1617 |
Successor | Juan López |
Ordination | c. 1587 |
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This page is about the Franciscan missionary and historian. For the Dominican Cardinal (1388-1468), theologian, writer and uncle of the inquisitor Thomas de Torquemada, see Juan de Torquemada (cardinal). For other people named Torquemada, see Torquemada (disambiguation).