Acoger, abastecer y financiar la corte

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El libro reúne una cuidadosa selección de documentos, ordenanzas, cartas y todo tipo de relaciones administrativas que nos ilustran no solamente de las dotes organizativas del conquistador, sino del sutil y agudo sentido de la estrategia política que Hernán Cortés puso al servicio de la consolidación del poder y el dominio españoles en los primeros años de la Colonia.

Estas páginas ofrecen una guía indispensable para la localización de los documentos de nuestro pasado, útil tanto al investigador, como al lector interesado en la Historia de España. La obra culmina con un amplio índice analítico y onomástico referido a toda la Enciclopedia.