De Regio Patronatu Indiarum, Quaestiones Aliquae Desumptae et...
The Definitive Defense of Crown Authority in the New World Frasso, Pedro [1630-1691]. De Regio Patronatu Indiarum. Quaestiones Aliquae Desumptae et Disputatae, In Alia Quinquaginta Capita Partitae. Madrid: Ex Typographia Blasii Roman, 1775. Two volumes. [iv], 328, XC; [iv], CXIV, 383 pp. Main text in parallel columns. Folio (Volume I: 13-1/2" x 9" (34.29 x 22.86 cm); Volume II: 13-1/4" x 9"(33.65 x 22.86 cm). Contemporary limp vellum, early hand-lettered titles to spine, ties lacking from Volume II, which has renewed endleaves. Moderate rubbing and light soiling, a few minor chips to spines, corners bumped, wear to corners of Volume I, vellum just beginning to crack though its rear pastedown. Light toning to text, worming to a few sections of Volume II, mostly to margins and with negligible loss to text, light foxing to a few leaves in each volume, internally clean. Ex-library, bookplates to front pastedowns. A handsome copy. $1,250. * Second and final edition of this monumental legal treatise on Regalism-the doctrine asserting the monarch's supremacy over ecclesiastical affairs in the Spanish Empire. Written by Pedro Frasso, a prominent Italian-born jurist who served extensively in the Spanish colonial judicial system as fiscal of Guatemala and Charcas, and later judge of the Royal Audiencia of Lima. First published in 1677-1679, Frasso's work provided the legal scaffold for the Real Patronato (Royal Patronage), through which the Spanish Crown claimed ultimate jurisdiction over church appointments, tithes, and papal bull implementations across the Americas. Beyond administrative jurisdiction, Frasso tackles one of the defining legal and moral crises of colonial Spanish America: the treatment, forced labor, and protection of Indigenous peoples. The work systematically navigates the complex friction between Church authorities-who frequently cited papal decrees to advocate for Indigenous rights and curb colonial exploitation-and Crown officials intent on maximizing colonial revenue and enforcing state authority. This 1775 edition was reissued by order of the printer Blasius Roman during the height of the Bourbon Reforms under King Charles III. At a time when Spain was actively suppressing Jesuit influence and codifying state dominance over the Catholic Church, Frasso's century-old legal arguments re-emerged as an e.
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