THE LIBRARY OF IBERIAN RESOURCES

Emigrants and Society:
Extremadura and America in the Sixteenth Century

Ida Altman



Contents

 Introduction and Acknowledgments

 Chapter One : Local Society in Northern Extremadura
 Chapter Two : Nobles and Hidalgos
 Chapter Three : Commoners, Clergy, and Professionals
 Chapter Four : Family, Kinship, and Society
 Chapter Five : Movement to the New World
 Chapter Six : Extremeños in the New World
 Chapter Seven : Return Migration

 Conclusion
 Bibliography
 Glossary
Copyright
 

Maps and Graphic Tables:

1. Map of the Iberian Peninsula showing the Extremadura region

2.  Northern Extremadura: The Cáceres-Trujillo region

3. Chapter 2-Table 2: The Paredes, Sande, and Carvajal Families of Trujillo and Cáceres

4.  Chapter 2-Table 3: Relatives of Andres Calderón Puertocarrero, Noble of Trujillo and returnee from Peru
 

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