Date / Time
- August 21, 2020
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
The Spanish Empire was one of the western world’s first global colonial superpowers, and its great wealth was built on the extraction of natural resources by enslaved labor in Central and South America. The Rosenbach is home to a collection of manuscripts and books from the 1500s and 1600s that record the conquest of Mexico. In this Behind the Bookcase tour, study historic illuminated manuscripts and meet the people who populated the Spanish Empire. The tour, which is informed by postcolonial theory, will include a discussion of the economic, political, religious, and social history of New Spain, and how the historical events of the early modern period are still felt today.
Content note: This tour involves discussion of human enslavement and violence against Indigenous peoples.
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Image caption: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Spain, title of nobility bestowed upon Hernando Cortés, July 6, 1529. Rosenbach accession no. 1080/23.
Date / Time
- August 21, 2020
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm