Diario histórico de la rebelión y guerra de los pueblos guaranís

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Durante los siglos XVI y XVII, gran parte de la Real Audiencia de Quito es un territorio de frontera. En la mitad septentrional, la autoridad de los funcionarios coloniales se limita a los valles se­rranos y solo en algunas ocasiones se extiende hacia el territorio situado en los contrafuertes andinos. Aunque la población de Qui­to no se encuentra directamente amenazada por los indígenas hostiles, a uno y otro lado de la ciudad, tanto al este como al oeste, es posible encontrar, apenas a un par de jornadas, grupos indíge­nas hostiles, denominados "indios de guerra" en los documentos...

The abolition of judicial torture—alongside the eradication of both slavery and capital punishment—was one of the most consequential issues debated in eighteenth-century continental Europe. A revealing component of this controversial debate was presented in the unpublished "Discurso sobre la injusticia del apremio judicial," written by the attorney Pedro Garcia del Canuelo. Seeking support for its publication, he forwarded the manuscript to Prime Minister Manuel Godoy in 1795. The savvy Spanish politician, however, not only rejected the text but also warned its author against further...

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