Biographical Dictionary of Audiencia Ministers in the Americas, 1687-1821

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The book's introduction is a brief history of the audiencias, which discusses the workings of the judicial system in the Spanish colonies. The volume also contains a number of useful appendices, a glossary, an extensive bibliography and an index. The only reference work of this kind of completeness in either English or Spanish, the Biographical Dictionary should prove essential for students of Spanish American history.-Americas
"The book's introduction is a brief history of the audiencias, which discusses the workings of the judicial system in the Spanish colonies. The volume also contains a number of useful appendices, a glossary, an extensive bibliography and an index. The only reference work of this kind of completeness in either English or Spanish, the Biographical Dictionary should prove essential for students of Spanish American history."-Americas

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