Juan Domínguez de Mendoza: Soldier and Frontiersman of the Spanish Southwest, 1627-1693 (Coronado Historical Series Book 7)
Studies of seventeenth-century New Mexico have largely overlooked the soldiers and frontier settlers who formed the backbone of the colony and laid the foundations of European society in a distant outpost of Spain€s North American empire. This book, the final volume in the Coronado Historical Series, recognizes the career of Juan DomÂnguez de Mendoza, a soldier-colonist who was as instrumental as any governor or friar in shaping Hispano-Indian society in New Mexico. DomÂnguez de Mendoza served in New Mexico from age thirteen to fifty-eight as a stalwart defender of Spain€s interests during the troubled decades before the 1680 Pueblo Revolt. Because of his successful career, the archives of Mexico and Spain provide extensive information on his activities. The documents translated in this volume reveal more cooperative relations between Spaniards and Pueblo Indians than previously understood.
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
France V. Scholes was a historian at the University of New Mexico who played a significant role in unearthing Spanish colonial documents about New Mexico.
Eleanor B. Adams was a translator and historian who edited the New Mexico Historical Review for many years.
Marc Simmons is considered New Mexico's historian laureate and has published over forty books on New Mexico history. Simmons is a former Woodrow Wilson Fellow, a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, and in 1993 the King of Spain granted him membership in the knightly Order of Isabela la Cat³lica for his contributions to Spanish colonial history. He resides in Cerrillos, New Mexico.
Jos© Antonio Esquibel is a genealogical researcher and contributor to several books on Southwest history.
