Historiographical Background 5
‘Another Jerusalem’ Reconsidered 16
Polities, Palaces and Princes in Mesoamerica 24
Hidalguía in the New World up to 1521 43
The Castilian Perspective and Failure of the Cortésian Settlement 70
Mendicant Exception 83
Conclusion 89
Rivalling the conquistadores 99
Managing Officialdom 119
Conclusion 129
Appropriating Royal Grace 133
Influence over the encomenderos 147
Appropriating Public Ceremonial 152
Conclusion 154
Personal and Courtly Government 169
Tribute 172
Mediation of Disputes 175
Political Patronage 178
Indio Chivalry 187
Conclusion 193
Conquest as Conversion 200
Liberty, Tyranny and Piety 208
Viceroys 221
Conclusion 230
Law, Tribute and Bureaucracy 237
Principal Citizens and Viceregal Preponderance 250
Conclusion 259
Indigenous Recipients of Viceregal Licences to Bear European Arms or Ride Horses 269
The West: Michoacán, Jalisco and Colima 269
The Centre: Mexico Basin, Toluca Valley and the Northern Frontier 271
The East: Tlaxcala and Puebla Valleys 274
The South: Oaxaca, Tehuantepec and Verapaz 275
Antonio de Mendoza’s Household Dependants 276
List of ‘Bodyguards’ Taken from a Copy of the Memorial Produced by Antonio de Turcios Found in agi Justicia 259 276
Individuals Described Explicitly as Mendoza’s Household Dependents in Witness Testimonies Found in agi Justicia 258 283
Individuals Described Explicitly as Mendoza’s Friends or Favourites in agi Justicia 258 284
Individuals Registered as Travelling to New Spain with Mendoza at the Casa de Contratación in Seville 285
Treasury Disbursements from the Quitas y Vacaciones Fund (1537–1546) 288