La parte censurada de la Historia de la Provincia de Francisco de Florencia

Authors

Jason Dyck, Western UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2011

Volume

44

Issue

1

Journal

Estudios de Historia Novohispana

First Page

141

URL with Digital Object Identifier

http://doi.org/10.22201/iih.24486922e.2011.044.24005

Last Page

188

Abstract

Before the Jesuit Francisco de Florencia was able to publish the History of the Province (1694) he was forced to remove several chapters from the second book of the first volume. The section that was cut out of his manuscript reviews the errors of ancient theories on the environment of the New World, the greatness of Mexico City before the Spanish conquest, and the natural abundance of New Spain. This document is extremely valuable because it demonstrates how colonial historians were restricted by state censorship in what they were able to publish on America. The transcription of this censored section is preceded by an introduction that provides a brief historical sketch of Florencia's travels in the Old World, the general context in which the History of the Province was penned, and two possible reasons why his chronicle was censored

Notes

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8157-0125

Original article published at http://doi.org/10.22201/iih.24486922e.2011.044.24005