CHAPTER 8: Authorial-editorial frames in reports of the Discovery and histories of the Conquest: 8.2 Humanist critique of (pre)history in Inca Garcilaso: Old and new empires in Peru and Spain.

Section 2 of chapter 8 of the book "Imperial Histories From Alfonso X to Inca Garcilaso: Revisionist Myths of Reconquest and Conquest" is presented. It explores the "Comentarios reales de los Incas," a book written by Inca Garcilaso de la Vega which is about the origins of Incas. The initial basis o...

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Published in:	Imperial Histories from Alfonso X to Inca Garcilaso: Revisionist Myths of Reconquest & Conquest pp. 107 - 118
Main Author:	González-Casanovas, Roberto J.
Format:	Book Chapter
Published:	Digitalia Publishing Corp. 1997
Subjects:	History of imperialism Reign of Alfonso X, Castile, Spain, 1252-1284 Vega, Garcilaso de la, 1539-1616 Vega, Garcilaso de la, 1503-1536 Tale (Literary form) Spain
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Summary:	Section 2 of chapter 8 of the book "Imperial Histories From Alfonso X to Inca Garcilaso: Revisionist Myths of Reconquest and Conquest" is presented. It explores the "Comentarios reales de los Incas," a book written by Inca Garcilaso de la Vega which is about the origins of Incas. The initial basis of the historiography of Inca Garcilaso is the culture and tales preserved on native peoples. The textuality of Inca legends was appreciated by Inca Garcilaso, which includes sense of their historical value.