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Article : Some Demographic Considerations of the Matrícula de Huexotzinco

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  • Warren, Dave

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Through the late fall and early spring of 1560, a Spanish official, Diego de Madrid, under authority of the Royal Audiencia of New Spain, travelled to twenty-five settlements within the provincia of Huexotzinco. This area, presently located in the Mexican state of Puebla, extended from the modern site of San Juan Texmelucan, in the north, to Atlixco, to the south. Madrid, named as juez de comisión, visited a region over 155 square miles in extent. The purpose of Madrid’s inspection concerned a census of all persons living in the jurisdiction. Numerical totals were not the sole objective of the survey; ultimately all manner of census categories comprised the population listing: old persons, widows, widowers, deceased individuals, youths, children, artisans, church workers, “nobles,” “commoners.”

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Olivier Jacquot (1 décembre 2021). Article : Some Demographic Considerations of the Matrícula de Huexotzinco. Amoxcalli. Consulté le 18 avril 2026 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/b3hu


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