Fernández de Oviedo's Chronicle of America : A New History for a New World

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abortion (among Native Americans), 116, 119, 127 Acosta, José de, 4 Adorno, Rolena, 271n5, 283n62, 287n40, 294n9, 298n46 Age of Exploration, 1, 28 Aguilar, Isabel de, 14–15, 139 Alberti, Leon, 67–68 Albulenis. See El Tostado AlexanderVI (pope), 13, 14 AlfonsoVIII, 29 Alfonso X (the Wise), 29, 32 Alighieri, Dante, 14, 29 Almagro, Diego de, 1, 20, 42, 80 Alter, Robert, 108, 291n1 Alvarado, Pedro de, 106, 170, 171, 174, 292n13 Alvarez Rubiano, Pablo, 273n14 Amador de los Ríos, José, 4, 6, 64, 83, 87, 117, 135, 271nn6,7, 272n2, 283n3, 289n20, 293n34 Amazon women, 6, 10, 29, 84, 90–95, 98, 137, 164–166, 289n20, 290nn25,33 America. See Central America; Conquest (of the Americas); Hispaniola; Indies; New World; South America;Tierra Firme Antilles, 3, 121, 130 Aragón,Alfonso de (Duke ofVillahermosa ), 12, 139, 272n2 Aragón, Don Fernando de (Duke of Calabria ), 14, 23, 139 areitos (native song and dance), 5, 36, 123, 131, 169, 296n29 Arias, Santa, 297n43 Aristotle, 30, 67, 95;Aristotelian natural order, 115, 120 Ayora, Gonzalo de, 153 Ayora, Juan de, 153, 156–158 Aztecs, 17, 27 Badajoz, Gonzalo de, 152 Bakhtin, Mikhail, 108 Balboa,Vasco Núñez de, 1, 15, 37, 41–42, 149, 152–153, 278n7; execution of, as a traitor, 16, 43, 44, 273n14, 279nn20,26, 281n42 Ballesteros, Manuel, 272n2, 275n40 Barbolani, Cristina, 291n9 Barrionuevo, Francisco, 123–124, 131 Bastidas, Don Rodrigo de, 44, 45, 47, 110, 173 Bataillon, Marcel, 291n10 Batallas y Quinquagenas (Oviedo), 22, 24, 68, 101, 140, 141, 269, 284n4 Bembo, Pietro, 32 INDEX Page numbers in italics indicate illustrations. fernandez de oviedo’s chronicle of america 316 Bénat-Tachot, Louise, 297n44 Bernal, Simón, 53 Bible, the, 29, 108, 144; biblical model, 98 bigamy. See polygamy (among Native Americans) Boccaccio, Giovanni, 18, 25, 140 Bolaños,Álvaro Félix, 5, 116–117, 125, 271n2, 272n8 (Intro.), 272n2 (Ch. 1), 276n13, 278n11, 290n33, 291n2, 296n27 Borgia, Cesar, 13, 14 Bruni, Leonardo, 29, 101 Bucher, Bernadette, 65 Burgkmair, Hans, 65 Bustamante, Diego de, 153 Cabeza deVaca,Alvar Núñez, 5, 6, 20 Cabrera de Córdoba, Luis, 32–33, 38, 54, 285n10 caciques (tribal chiefs), 123–124, 131, 175, 178–179, 280n33 Caesar, Julius, 14, 144, 298n7 caney (native houses), 71–72, 195, 196 cannibalism (among Native Americans), 45, 116, 119, 121–122, 123, 124, 132, 156 Cano, Juan, 99, 167–168, 170, 172, 173, 174, 287n2, 292nn19,21, 293n31; Oviedo’s dialogue with, 101–112, 168–174 canoe(s), 5, 36, 72, 79, 124, 176, 199 Caribbean, 2, 11, 36, 70;Amazon women in, 93, 95 (see also Amazon women); battles in, 21, 83, 140; Spaniards vanquish , 20, 121. See also Indies; New World Caribs, 121–122, 155, 157, 158, 178 Carionis, Joanis, 102, 292n15 Carrillo, Jesús, 5, 64, 65, 68, 271nn3,7, 284n5 Carrillo, Luis, 153 Cartagena, 18, 44, 47, 114, 120, 130, 139, 140, 155, 156, 276n1 (Ch. 3), 297n40 Cartas de relación (Cortés), 99, 106–109, 132 Carvajal, Gaspar de, 94, 95, 98 Castile, Crown of (Castilian monarchy): court of, 2, 30; dominion of, over New World territories, 113, 114–116, 121, 146, 147, 157–159; history of, as chronicled by Oviedo in Catálogo Real, 14, 68; Oviedo’s service to, 55, 136–137, 150, 272n1; Pacific Ocean claimed for, by Núñez de Balboa, 15; symbol of, in Columbus’s coat of arms, 70 Castilian (language), 32, 36–37, 150, 173 Castilla del Oro, 46, 50, 55, 128, 139, 149, 152, 153, 276n1 (Ch. 3); Indians of, 174–180; Pedrarias’s governship of, 9, 15–16, 18, 41–42, 44, 140, 157. See also Cartagena; Santa Marta;Tierra Firme Catálogo Real de Castilla, 14, 18, 24, 38, 68, 140, 268 Catholic Church/Catholic faith, 152, 159, 169, 173; and catechism, 30, 132; control of in the Indies, granted to Crown of Castile, 113, 148; Oviedo as loyal vassal to, 37, 151. See also Christianity Catholic Kings, 1, 12, 14, 31, 45, 136, 151. See also Ferdinand II, King of Aragón; Isabella I, Queen of Castile Central America, 6, 9, 15, 18, 20, 70, 73, 130, 138, 139 Cervantes, Miguel de, 112 CharlesV (king of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor), 16, 21, 24, 26, 33–35, 42, 51, 55, 115, 119, 124, 134, 139, 140, 167, 276n1 (Ch. 3); abdication of, 22; historians, use of to legitimize his monarchy, 31–32; Oviedo’s service to, 1, 18–20, 48, 102; victories of, 14, 17, 27...