This study examines certain key elements of the "making" or "inventing" of Lima as Peru's viceregal capital. Through analysis of seventeenth-century ceremonies of state and local religious rituals, this book asserts that colonial Lima was culturally diverse and its rich population more integrated than historiography would suggest.

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ALEJANDRA OSORIO is Assistant Professor of History at Wellesley College, USA.

Inhalt
Introduction Lima in the Historical Imagination Cities and the Construction of the Spanish Hapsburg World Empire A Tale of Two Imperial Cities: Lima's Rivalry with Cuzco to Represent Peru Making Lima Kingly: Royal Simulacra, Ritual, and Imperial Rule Making Lima Courtly: The Viceroy as the King's 'Alter Ego,' His Court, and Colonial Rule Disciplining Lima: The Auto de fe and Colonial Justice and Authority Making Lima Saintly: Confessionalism and the Making of a Catholic Colonial Subject Mapping Lima's Reign: The Work of Ritual, Colonial Paper, and the Archive in Ruling Over the Viceregal Realm Bourbon Transformations to the Hapsburg Urban World Epilogue