Finding Aid to the Digest of the Laws of Kingdoms of the Indies MS.845
Holly Rose Larson
Library and Archives at the Autry
2012 December 12
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Contributing Institution:
Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Digest of the Laws of Kingdoms of the Indies
Creator:
Lummis, Charles Fletcher
Identifier/Call Number: MS.845
Physical Description:
0.1 Linear Feet
(1 folder)
Date: undated
Abstract: This is a typed translation of the
Recopilacion de Leyes de los Reynos de las Indias, tomo Sugundo, Madrid, 1756, second edition made by Charles Fletcher Lummis at an unknown date.
Language of Material:
English
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This is a typed translation of the
Recopilacion de Leyes de los Reynos de las Indias, tomo Sugundo, Madrid, 1756, second edition made by Charles Fletcher Lummis at an unknown date.
Digest of the Laws of Kingdoms of the Indies, undated, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.845.
Processed by Library staff before 1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 December
12, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
Donated to the library as part of the Charles Fletcher Lummis collection, 1910 February 28.
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The Laws of the Indies (Spanish: Leyes de Indias) are the entire body of laws issued by the Spanish Crown for its American
and Philippine possessions of its empire. They regulated social, political and economic life in these areas. The laws are
composed of myriad decrees issued over the centuries and the important laws of the 16th century, which attempted to regulate
the interactions between the settlers and natives, such as the Laws of Burgos (1512) and the New Laws (1542). Throughout the
500 years of Spanish presence in these parts of the world, the laws were compiled several times, most notably in 1680 under
Charles II in the Recopilación de las Leyes de los Reynos de Indias (Compilation of the Laws of the Kingdoms of the Indies),
which became the classic collection of the laws, despite the fact that later laws superseded parts of it and other compilations
were issued. The 1680 compilation set the template by which the laws were organized.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Indians of North America
Spain -- Colonies -- Law
Leyes de Indias
Recopilacion de leyes de los reynos de las Indias
Spain -- Colonies -- Adminstration
Law -- Spain -- Colonies -- Sources
Typescripts
Latin America -- Politics and government
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