Bernal Díaz del Castillo en Guatemala
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https://doi.org/10.18441/ibam.14.2014.55.9-28Keywords:
Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Conquista, Encomienda, Población indígena, Guatemala, Siglo XVI, Conquest, Indigenous people, 16th CenturyAbstract
Este artículo se ocupa de la hasta ahora poco investigada vida de Bernal Díaz del Castillo en Guatemala, país donde escribe la Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España en la segunda mitad del siglo xvi. La primera parte analiza la crónica, su importancia y principales ediciones críticas. La parte central se dedica a la relación de Bernal Díaz con la historia de Guatemala. Se aborda su comportamiento como encomendero, su vínculo con los indígenas y con el régimen colonial guatemalteco. La última parte profundiza en el cronista, las circunstancias y sus motivos para escribir la crónica, y en el lugar de esta en el imaginario cultural y político de Guatemala. En una posdata se hace referencia crítica a la obra de Christian Duverger (2012) que cuestiona a Bernal Díaz como autor de la crónica.
Abstract
This article deals with the hitherto scarcely researched life of Bernal Díaz del Castillo in Guatemala, country where he wrote the True History of the Conquest of New Spain in the second half of the 16th century. The first chapter examines the chronicle, its importance and main critical editions. The Bernal Diaz’s relationship with the history of Guatemala is addressed in the main chapter, exploring his behavior as an encomendero, his link with the indigenous people and the Guatemalan colonial regime. The last chapter delves in the chronicler, the circumstances and his motivation for writing the chronicle, as well as its place in the cultural and political imaginary of Guatemala. As a PostScript, a critical reference to the work of Christian Duverger (2012), who questions Bernal Díaz as the author of the chronicle, is presented.
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