A Note on Torquemada’s Native Sources and Historiographical Methods
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8873754 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Howard F Cline (Library of Congress, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1969 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 372-386 |
| Publication date | 1969-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Americas A Quarterly Review of Latin American History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1615 • E-ISSN: 1533-6247 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/980319 |
| OpenAlex | W2325895384 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 6 |
Historians generally see their tasks broken into three main stages: as comprehensive as possible collection of relevant documentation, followed by critical and evaluative appraisal of it, and finally, a synthesis based on verified data. Contrary to a considerable body of hostile secondary discussion, critical examination of Juan de Torquemada’s Monarquía Indiana indicates a surprisingly high level of workmanship in at least the first two phases. Although what he strove for in synthesis—an accurate record that would place native Mexican cultures on a par with ancient, classical, and for him modern societies—is an early and interesting example of a comparative approach, the classical and Biblical citations he employed for such comparisons are now largely of curiosity value, except as clues to his own ambience and personal outlook
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 1979 - 2025 (47) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |