Captain Lorenzo de Aldana: politician and encomendero

Authors

  • Mercedes Del Río Facultad de Filosofía y Letras (FFyL), Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34096/mace.v5i0.13156

Keywords:

Lorenzo de Aldana, peruvian elite, life history, Obra Pía

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to analize the life history of an eminent member of the peruvian elite, the "encomendero" Lorenzo de Aldana. He attained important wealth and participated en every facet of political life of the first years of the viceroyalty . Influenced by lascasianas ideas, he donated his fortune to the  Soras, Casayas and Uros indians of his encomienda and he organized an Obra Pía named "Comunidades y Hospitales de Paria" which endured for 250 years. 

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Published

1997-10-03

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How to Cite

Captain Lorenzo de Aldana: politician and encomendero. (1997). Memoria Americana. Cuadernos De Etnohistoria, 5, 71-95. https://doi.org/10.34096/mace.v5i0.13156